English

Noun

improvisatore ‎(plural improvisatores or improvisatori)

1. An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
   • 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.

Related terms

• improvisatrice

References

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