poet

[ poh-it ]

/ ˈpoʊ ɪt /

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noun

a person who composes poetry.

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

OTHER WORDS FOR poet

1 versifier, bard.

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Origin of poet

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

OTHER WORDS FROM poet

po·et·less, adjectivepo·et·like, adjectivenon·po·et, noun

Other definitions for poet (2 of 2)

poet.

abbreviation

poetic.

poetical.

poetry.

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How to use poet in a sentence

The poet apparently collapsed in the street upon his departure from “The Horse” and died not long after.
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A Harvard-educated poet and professor, Linsker was arrested early Sunday morning and released without bail later that day.
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So many were arrested in Leningrad, the poet Anna Akhmatova said, that the city “dangled like an appendage from its prisons….”
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Who was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?
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And, for that matter, where is our poet who could damn any of them for it?
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Rene le Pays, a French poet, died; well known at court by his miscellanies.
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Richard Brathwaite, an English poet and miscellaneous writer, died.
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But if people will insist on patting a strange poet, they mustn't be surprised if they get a nasty bite!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Bonnell Thornton died; an English poet, essayist and miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus.
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British Dictionary definitions for poet

poet

sometimes when feminine poetess

/ (ˈpəʊɪt) /

noun

a person who writes poetry

a person with great imagination and creativity

Word Origin for poet

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

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sometimes when feminine poetess

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