sonneteer
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of sonneteer
1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier < Italian sonnettiere
Example Sentences
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A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017
There's a reason I never made it as a sonneteer I guess, but what a joy it was to see all that enthusiasm for and knowledge of poetry pouring out on last week's thread.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010
There was a young poet called George Sterling�given to flowing tie and knickerbockers, a great sonneteer after the first 14 lines�who once knocked on Mary's apartment door.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Are not you still a pre-Raphaelite?" asked an inquisitive person lately of the sonneteer.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
He had emphatically satirised the sycophancy which estimated literary works by the rank of the author: What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me!
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
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