sonneteer

[ son-i-teer ]

/ ˌsɒn ɪˈtɪər /

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noun

a composer of sonnets.

verb (used without object)

to compose sonnets; sonnetize.

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Origin of sonneteer

1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier<Italian sonnettiere

Words nearby sonneteer

sonic depth finder, sonics, soniferous, son-in-law, sonnet, sonneteer, sonnetize, sonnet sequence, Sonnets from the Portuguese, sonny, sono-

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How to use sonneteer in a sentence

The sonnet was however the form of composition he preferred, and as a sonneteer he will be remembered.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11|Various
Yet this well-meaning little sonneteer sincerely felt that his verses were issued in the cause of humanity.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
Soothern, an early but worthless sonneteer, c. 1584, did certainly imitate the French.
A History of English Literature|George Saintsbury
You are as delightful a lyrist as you are a sonneteer, and I could not give you higher praise.
Louise Chandler Moulton|Lilian Whiting

Our sonneteer may be said to have borrowed the exclamation from Luther.
Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake

British Dictionary definitions for sonneteer

sonneteer

/ (ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə) /

noun

a writer of sonnets

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