verseman
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
verseman (plural versemen)
- An inferior poet; a versemonger.
- a. 1722, Matthew Prior, “A Better Answer”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC:
- And they have my whimsies, but thou hast my heart,
The god of us versemen (you know, child ,) the Sun
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “verseman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)