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rhapsodes

rhapsodes is the plural of rhapsode.

Meaning of rhapsode

Noun

rhapsode (plural rhapsodes)

  1. One who performs the poetry of a poet for an audience; not necessarily a writer of poetry.
    • Socrates: And do the Epidaurians have contests of rhapsodes at the festival?1892, Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Ion
  2. The interpreter of a poem.

Questions about rhapsodes

What is rhapsodes the plural of?
Rhapsodes is the plural of rhapsode.

Words near rhapsodes in the dictionary

  1. rhapontigenin
  2. rhapontin
  3. rhapsode
  4. rhapsoder
  5. rhapsoders
  6. rhapsodes
  7. rhapsodic
  8. rhapsodical
  9. rhapsodically
  10. rhapsodie
  11. rhapsodies

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