poet
playSimple Definition of poet
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: a person who writes poems
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<Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart.>
Origin and Etymology of poet
Middle English, from Anglo-French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make; akin to Sanskrit cinoti he gathers, heaps up
First Known Use: 14th century
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