coupleteern.
/kʌplɪˈtɪə/ A writer of couplets; a versifier.
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rhymera1500
versifier1531
rhythmer1577
rhymester1593
poetizer1599
jingler1600
penny poet1600
poetaster1601
verser?1611
versemonger1634
poetitoa1637
foot poet1641
verseman1652
sonneteer1667
tinkler1689
verse-wright1729
rhymist1763
bardling1813
coupleteer1818
verse-smith1820
poetling1830
versicler1860
bardlet1867
poeticule1872
poetast1892
1818 R. Woodhouse Let. 21 Oct. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) I. 382 Leave..its soul to be soothed only by rhymers & the coupleteers.
1927 Observer 15 May 6 The dreary coupleteers of the eighteenth century.
1929 E. Blunden Nat. in Eng. Lit. v. 109 The appearance of a trim Horatian coupleteer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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