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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetisernoun

    a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)

Wiktionary

  1. rhymernoun

    A minstrel.

  2. rhymernoun

    One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.

  3. Etymology: From rymare, from rimere, equivalent to. Cognate with rijmer, Reimer, rimer, rimmare, rímari. More at rhyme.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rhymer, Rhymsternoun

    One who makes rhymes; a versifier; a poet in contempt.

    Etymology: from rhyme.

    Scall’d rhimers will ballad us out o’ tune. William Shakespeare.

    It was made penal to the English, to permit the Irish to graze upon their lands, to entertain any of their ministrels, rhimers, or news-tellers. John Davies, on Ireland.

    Rhymer come on, and do the worst you can;
    I fear not you, nor yet a better man. Dryden.

    His rhime is constrained at an age, when the passion of love makes every man a rhimer, though not a poet. Dryden.

    I speak of those who are only rhimsters. John Dennis.

    So modern rhimers wisely blast
    The poetry of ages past,
    And from its ruin build their own. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. rhymer

    A rhymer is a person, typically a poet or songwriter, who creates and uses rhymes in their work. This can be in the form of a poem, song, verse, or any piece of writing in which correspondence of sounds is utilized. A rhymer can also refer to a rap or hip-hop artist, considering the genre's heavy use of rhyming in lyrics.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rhymernoun

    one who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RHYMER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rhymer is ranked #16525 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rhymer surname appeared 1,738 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rhymer.

    78.3% or 1,361 total occurrences were White.
    17.4% or 303 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 25 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.5% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhymer in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rhymer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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