Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A writer of verse; one who is skilled in meters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A composer of verses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A composer of verses.

Etymologies

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Compare French métricien. See meter rhythm.

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Examples

  • For a craftsman who can use all the intricate resources of good prose successfully to create an illusion that he is inspired in his least abandoned moments, it is child's play to use the more obvious devices of the metrician to similar effect.

    Rudyard Kipling Palmer, John 1915

  • Mr Kipling is a wonderful metrician; but that is not the question.

    Rudyard Kipling Palmer, John 1915

  • Mr Kipling is a wonderful metrician; but that is not the question.

    Rudyard Kipling John Palmer 1914

  • For a craftsman who can use all the intricate resources of good prose successfully to create an illusion that he is inspired in his least abandoned moments, it is child's play to use the more obvious devices of the metrician to similar effect.

    Rudyard Kipling John Palmer 1914

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