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poet laureate

noun

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as in poet

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Recent Examples of poet laureate In this new collection, Georgia poet laureate Chelsea Rathburn explores a hardscrabble childhood in Florida and her family of colorful characters including a sometimes-homeless bag lady and a notorious bank robber. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026 The next poet laureate will receive a stipend of $6,000 per year. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 14 June 2026 Mary Swander, a 75-year-old theater director and former state poet laureate, fondly remembers learning to canoe and swim outdoors while growing up near the water. — ABC News, 4 June 2026 Eventually, Reed suggested Vlautin take a night class from poet Gailmarie Pahmeier, the first poet laureate of Nevada. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for poet laureate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poet laureate
  1. poet
  2. poetaster
  3. bard
  4. muse
  5. rhymester
Noun
  • Her mystical encounters with the divine through the natural world are reminiscent of poets like Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver.
    — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • His third album, 2001’s Phantom Moon, made with poet and playwright Steven Sater, pushed further into that territory.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of poet
Noun
  • Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
Definition of poetaster
Noun
  • The bard of Idaho, where he was raised but no longer lives, Hunter is keenly aware that no one exists in a psychological vacuum.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bard
Noun
  • The company was founded in 1978 and, while Santo dealt with the business, Donatella started working beside Gianni and was also considered his muse.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • As with its stylistic muse, the 1,800 hp Bugatti Tourbillon hypercar, this TV is all about bleeding-edge engineering.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of muse
Noun
  • By contrast, the French word for scarcity, rareté, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engagé, écarté, and retardé leading the pack.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Definition of rhymester

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“Poet laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poet%20laureate. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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