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Meaning of VERSIFIER

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
 
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 Synonyms: poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester
 
 See Also: author, writer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ver"si*fi`er\, n.
1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every
   versifier is a poet. --Dryden.
2. One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse
   the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a
   versifier of the Psalms.
 

 

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