rhapsode

From Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós).

rhapsode (plural rhapsodes)

1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not a writer of poetry.
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     Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival? (Plato's Ion)

2. The interpreter of a poem.

• rhapsodist
• rhapsody

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rhapsode m (plural rhapsodes)

1. rhapsodist
2. rhapsode

• “rhapsode” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).