makar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of makar
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English (Scots): “poet”; compare Greek poiētḗs “maker, inventor, poet”
Example Sentences
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Only two weeks previously, Jackie Kay had been named as the new makar, the national poet for Scotland.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016
Liz Lochhead: Apple Says Aaah – and Other Poems, Pommes and People Scotland's poet laureate – or makar - proves that standup and stanzas do mix.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2013
A five-year post as "Scotland's makar" - not "the Scots makar", which might imply writing exclusively in Scots, which I do occasionally, though more commonly in Scots-English, or, usually, in plain English.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011
As in: Mony a mickle wee bits of writing over the years maks "makar" a muckle deal of an honour to find oneself receiving a month after one's 63rd birthday .
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011
We have here probably the precise incident on which the unknown "makar" founded his crude but intensely picturesque and dramatic lay.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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