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Poe

1 American  
[poh] / poʊ /

noun

  1. Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.


POE 2 American  
Or P.O.E.
  1. port of embarkation.

  2. port of entry.


POE 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. military port of embarkation

  2. port of entry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Poe 2 British  
/ pəʊ /

noun

  1. Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story

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Example Sentences

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Poe said he didn’t talk with Ruemmler or Epstein about Brunel “on May 4, 2016 or at any other time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Both are "burning cash faster than they can generate sustainable revenue streams", analyst Poe Zhao, founder of Hello China Tech, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Skyrocket, a Los Angeles-based toy maker, sells Poe, the AI story bear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

From the 1950s through the ’70s, he elevated schlock to an art form with films like “The Little Shop of Horrors” and his vividly stylized Edgar Allan Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

“That may be so,” Mr. Poe said, “and I thank Justice Strauss for her generosity, but your parents’ will is very specific.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket