"dactylist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dactylists [plural]
Etymology: From dactyl + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dactyl|ist}} dactyl + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} dactylist (plural dactylists)
  1. A writer of dactylic verse.

Inflected forms

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