rhythmer

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪðəmə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹɪðmə(ɹ)/

Noun edit

rhythmer (plural rhythmers)

One who writes in rhythm, especially in poetic rhythm or meter.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
  one now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “rhythmer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)