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rhapsode
CIDE DICTIONARY
rhapsode, n. [Gr. "rapsw,do`s. See Rhapsody.].
A rhapsodist. Grote. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rhapsode, n. a reciter of epic poems, esp. of Homer in ancient Greece.
Etymology
Gk rhapsoidos f. rhapto stitch + oide song, ODE
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