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Tetrameter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In ancient poetry, an iambic verse consisting of four feet, found in the comic poets.

2. A verse consisting of four measures or eight feet.

Tetrameter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.