Definition of poet
1 : one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2 : one (such as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium
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Examples of poet in a Sentence
Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart.
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Now, reports Rebecca Rego Barry for Fine Books and Collections, some of those objects are on the road in honor of the poet-philosopher’s 200th birthday.
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Ayanna Simone Fabio, Suzette D. Harrison, Yvette Johnson and Indigo Moor, Sacramento’s poet laureate –
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Fletcher, a 21-year-old student at Portland State University and a poet, also stood up to Christian.
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The Wit & Wisdom Poets and Writers Club in Manchester is looking for new and established poets and writers.
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The Romantic poets loved Kosciuszko, penning ballads and odes about his exploits.
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Fletcher, a poet and Portland State University music student, remained hospitalized Saturday and is expected to live.
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The first of the restaurants —all called Sayat Novafor a famous Armenian poet and musician — was on Sheridan Road near Loyola University's Lake Shore Campus.
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McMahon, a man of many macho nicknames (the Glenimal, for example) is a man’s man, a soldier’s soldier, a warrior with the soul of a poet — the walking embodiment of just about every cliché in the book.
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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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