POET

poet

(noun) a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

poet (plural poets)

A person who writes poems.

A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

Hyponyms

• poetess (female, dated)

• versifier

Anagrams

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

Source: Wiktionary


Po"et, n. Etym: [F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. Poem.]

Definition: One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak. A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden. Poet laureate. See under Laureate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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