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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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China tech analyst Poe Zhao, founder of the Hello China Tech newsletter, told AFP that the two IPOs "demonstrate both the revenue potential and the fundamental challenges facing this new generation of LLM companies".

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

The bright-eyed bear, named after writer Edgar Allan Poe, generates stories based on that selection and recites them aloud.

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

Count Olaf turned to Mr. Poe with a glint in his eye like an angry dog.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket