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Cavalier poets

plural noun

a group of English poets, including Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, and Suckling, mainly at the court of Charles I.

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Origin of Cavalier poets

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby Cavalier poets

cavalcade, Cavalcanti, cavalier, Cavalieri, cavalier King Charles spaniel, Cavalier poets, cavalier servente, cavalla, Cavalleria Rusticana, Cavallini, cavalry
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British Dictionary definitions for Cavalier poets

Cavalier poets

pl n

a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
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