Rhyme Royal Definition

noun
A stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc, first used in English by Chaucer.
Webster's New World
One of these stanzas.
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Other Word Forms of Rhyme Royal

Noun

Singular:
rhyme royal
Plural:
rhymes royal

Origin of Rhyme Royal

  • This term was reportedly first used in the mid-1800s.

    From Wiktionary

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