sonneteer

[ son-i-teer ]

noun

1. a composer of sonnets.

verb (used without object)

1. to compose sonnets; sonnetize.

sonneteer

/ ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə /

noun

1. a writer of sonnets

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonneteer¹

1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier < Italian sonnettiere

Example Sentences

The sonnet was however the form of composition he preferred, and as a sonneteer he will be remembered.

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Yet this well-meaning little sonneteer sincerely felt that his verses were issued in the cause of humanity.

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Soothern, an early but worthless sonneteer, c. 1584, did certainly imitate the French.

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You are as delightful a lyrist as you are a sonneteer, and I could not give you higher praise.

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Our sonneteer may be said to have borrowed the exclamation from Luther.

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