Versifier

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Versifier \Ver"si*fi`er\, n.
     1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every
        versifier is a poet. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  versifier
       n : a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses
           (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior
           poets) [syn: {rhymer}, {rhymester}, {poetizer}, {poetiser}]