Lake Poets

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plural noun

the poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey: so called from their residence in the Lake District.

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Also called Lake School.

Origin of Lake Poets

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby Lake Poets

Lakeland terrier, Lake Michigan, Lake of the Woods, Lake Ontario, Lake Placid, Lake Poets, lakeport, laker, lake salmon, Lake School, lakeshore

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How to use Lake Poets in a sentence

The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
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People are extremely anxious about the next generation,” Lake said, “and it unites America.
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Williams said he went to the lake to take a stroll “because of his heart.”
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Gottlieb Conrad Pfeffel, one of the best poets of Germany, died.
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They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The apocryphal gospels contain many, and some are preserved by Persian and Arabian poets.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
A small but beautiful river debouches from the lake at its west end, and the town is grouped around this outlet.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for Lake Poets

Lake Poets

pl n

the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century

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