versifier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
    rhymester; poetizer; poetiser; rhymer.

WordNet

Ver"si*fi`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who versifies, or makes verses; as, not every versifier is a poet. Dryden.
  2. One who converts into verse; one who expresses in verse the ideas of another written in prose; as, Dr. Watts was a versifier of the Psalms.

Webster 1913