'Rhapsodist' definitions:
Definition of 'Rhapsodist'
From: GCIDE
- Rhapsodist \Rhap"so*dist\, n. [From Rhapsody.]
- 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. [1913 Webster]
- The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rhapsodist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addict,
- arch-poet,
- ballad maker,
- ballad singer,
- balladeer,
- balladmonger,
- bard,
- beat poet,
- bucoliast,
- bug,
- collector,
- daydreamer,
- demon,
- Don Quixote,
- dreamer,
- dreamer of dreams,
- eager beaver,
- elegist,
- energumen,
- enthusiast,
- epic poet,
- escapist,
- faddist,
- fanatic,
- fiend,
- fili,
- folk singer,
- folk-rock singer,
- freak,
- gleeman,
- great one for,
- hobbyist,
- hound,
- idealist,
- idyllist,
- imagist,
- infatuate,
- jongleur,
- laureate,
- librettist,
- lotus-eater,
- major poet,
- maker,
- Meistersinger,
- minnesinger,
- minor poet,
- minstrel,
- modernist,
- nut,
- occasional poet,
- odist,
- Parnassian,
- pastoral poet,
- pastoralist,
- poet,
- poet laureate,
- poetress,
- prophet,
- pursuer,
- Quixote,
- rhapsode,
- romancer,
- romantic,
- romanticist,
- satirist,
- scop,
- seer,
- serenader,
- skald,
- sonneteer,
- street singer,
- strolling minstrel,
- sucker for,
- symbolist,
- troubadour,
- trouveur,
- trovatore,
- utopian,
- utopianist,
- utopianizer,
- vers libriste,
- vers-librist,
- visionary,
- wait,
- wandering minstrel,
- wishful thinker,
- zealot