as in lyricist
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Noun
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Performances for the musical from composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice will begin Aug. 1 at the famed Los Angeles venue and run through Aug. 3.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025 -
Everyone says that Steve was the greatest lyricist, but he’s also written some of the greatest, catchiest songs that have ever been written for the musical theater.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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Her counterpart is Nigel's love interest, Portia (Autumn Hurlbert), who defies her double entendre-dropping Puritan father, Brother Jeremiah (Scott Cote), to pursue the sonneteer.—
Kerry Reid,
chicagotribune.com,
13 July 2017
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A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2017
Noun
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Punk troubadours rule the day at the 2025 installment of Sing Us Home, the Philadelphia festival founded by native son Dave Hause.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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On hand to entertain the crowd were the town troubadours.—
Stephen Dunn,
Hartford Courant,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Rhymer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhymer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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