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
Page 272: "sonnetteer" changed to "sonneteer" Page 276: "at the C urt" changed to "at the Court".
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
Drummond was a sonneteer of great skill, and used many original combinations of rime-schemes,—some forty in all,—yet usually approximating to the Italian type.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Within two years of the end a sonneteer had justly deplored that something of Shakespeare's own power, to which he deprecated pretension, was needful to those who should praise him aright.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee
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