Poe

¹ American  

[poh] / poʊ /

noun

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

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POE ² American  

Or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.

2. port of entry.

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POE ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. military port of embarkation

2. port of entry

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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

And while the stories of Poe lend themselves to the Halloween season, spooky events increasingly occur year round.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

They had hoped their visit would be taken in confidence, a phrase which here means “kept a secret between Mr. Poe and themselves and not blabbed to Count Olaf.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket