improvisatore

improvisatore

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Italian improvvisatorebor.
English improvisatore

    Borrowed from Italian improvvisatore.

    Noun

    improvisatore (plural improvisatores or improvisatori)

    1. (poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
      Synonym: improvisator
      Coordinate term: improvisatrice
      • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death:
        There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine.

    References

    • "Improvisatore", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, vol. 14, p. 348.
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