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poet

1

[ poh-it ]

noun

  1. a person who composes poetry.

    Synonyms: versifier, bard

  2. a person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression.


poet.

2

abbreviation for

  1. poetic.
  2. poetical.
  3. poetry.

poet

/ ˈpəʊɪt /

noun

  1. a person who writes poetry
  2. a person with great imagination and creativity
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of poet1

1250–1300; Middle English poete < Latin poēta < Greek poiētḗs poet, literally, maker, equivalent to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -tēs agent noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of poet1

C13: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make
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Example Sentences

Also watching were New Roads students — including a group of third-graders who recognized the poet.

Astronaut Michael Collins said the best crew for a space mission would be a philosopher, a priest and a poet.

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The best-selling poet offers a new collection of verse with illustrations.

Gorman isn’t just an amazing poet, she’s also academically talented.

An early version of the modern solution came, of all people, from the poet Edgar Allan Poe.

The poet apparently collapsed in the street upon his departure from “The Horse” and died not long after.

A Harvard-educated poet and professor, Linsker was arrested early Sunday morning and released without bail later that day.

So many were arrested in Leningrad, the poet Anna Akhmatova said, that the city “dangled like an appendage from its prisons….”

Who was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?

And, for that matter, where is our poet who could damn any of them for it?

Rene le Pays, a French poet, died; well known at court by his miscellanies.

Richard Brathwaite, an English poet and miscellaneous writer, died.

But if people will insist on patting a strange poet, they mustn't be surprised if they get a nasty bite!

Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.

Bonnell Thornton died; an English poet, essayist and miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus.

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