Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RHAPSODE
Rhap "sode, n. Etym: [Gr. Rhapsody. ] (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: A rhapsodist. [R.] Grote.
RHAPSODER
RHAPSODER Rhap "so *der, n.
Defn: A rhapsodist. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
rhapsode
rhap sode |ˈrapˌsōd ˈræpsoʊd | ▶noun a person who recites epic poems, esp. one of a group in ancient Greece whose profession it was to recite the Homeric poems from memory. ORIGIN from Greek rhapsōidos, from rhapsōidia (see rhapsody ).
Oxford Dictionary
rhapsode
rhapsode |ˈrapsəʊd | ▶noun a person who recites epic poems, especially one of a group in ancient Greece whose profession it was to recite the Homeric poems. ORIGIN from Greek rhapsōidos, from rhapsōidia (see rhapsody ).
Duden Dictionary
Rhapsode
Rhap so de Substantiv, maskulin Literaturwissenschaft , der |Rhaps o de |griechisch rhaps ō dós, eigentlich = Zusammenfüger von Liedern; zu: rháptein = zusammennähen und ōdḗ, Ode fahrender Sänger im alten Griechenland, der [epische ] Dichtungen vorträgt
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