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rhymer¹

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From Middle English rymare, from Old English rīmere (“a compouter, reckoner, calculator”), equivalent to rhyme + -er. Cognate with Dutch rijmer, German Reimer, Danish rimer, Swedish rimmare, Icelandic rímari. More at rhyme.

noun rhymers · rimer

  1. archaic A minstrel.
  2. One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.

Rhymer²

Where it comes from

From rhymer.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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@misc{rhymer_2026,
  title = {rhymer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhymer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}