rhapsode
noun/ˈɹæpˌsoʊd/
Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós).
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.
- Related terms
- rhapsodist, rhapsody