verseman

English

Etymology

From verse +‎ -man.

Noun

verseman (plural versemen)

1. A por, especially an inferior one; a versemonger.
   • a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “A Better Answer”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC:

     And they have my whimsies, but thou hast my heart,
     The god of us versemen (you know, child ,) the Sun

References

• “verseman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Evermans