versemann.
/ˈvəːsmən/ A man who writes verse; a versemaker; a poet, esp. (in later use) a minor poet or versifier.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun]
versifierc1340
poeta1382
metrera1387
sayer?a1400
makerc1460
metrician?a1475
metrist?1545
singer1560
swannetc1560
songster1584
muse1596
Castalianist1607
metre-maker1611
versificator1611
swan1613
versemaker1647
verseman1652
Parnassian1658
bard1667
factist1676
poetic1687
minstrel1718
shaper1816
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > minor poet or poetaster
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
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 235 To conclude, all the antient verse men consent in this.
a1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (1723) II. 12 The God of us Verse-men (you know Child) the Sun.
1733 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. i. 11 Verse-man or Prose-man, term me which you will.
1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 13 When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the verse-men.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xv. 300 Even miserly Pulteney was a verseman.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Oct. 5/1 Almost alone among recent English versemen, he preserves..a fine-gentlemanly air of urbanity.
1892 A. Dobson 18th Cent. Vignettes 171 Madrigalists and minor versemen.
Derivatives
ˈversemanship n. rare verse-making.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [noun] > art or practice of poetry
poesyc1390
makinga1393
rhymingc1405
metringc1425
metrificationc1450
versifyingc1450
rhythming1582
poetrya1586
versinga1586
metredom1592
versification1603
the gay science1693
versemanship1762
rhymery1822
bard-craft1840
poeticism1847
poetism1848
poetics1851
poetics1851
1762 J. Wilkes North Briton No. 22. The dull mechanical part of versemanship indeed is found, but the spirit of true poetry is wanting.
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