poet laureate

noun

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as in poet

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Recent Examples of poet laureate 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 Later that year, he was named Illinois’ first honorary poet laureate. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026 Marilyn McPhie will talk about Ina Coolbrith, the first California poet laureate. — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The famous Romantic, whom the king had recently appointed Britain’s poet laureate, wrote an essay about the expedition. — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for poet laureate
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  1. poet
  2. poetaster
  3. bard
  4. muse
  5. rhymester
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  • Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1890’s novella, Burch has modernized it and changed the Vienna setting to New York City’s Soho district, a once-bustling enclave for artists and poets and now something quite different.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The evocative title is a quotation from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of poet
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  • 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
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  • Nolan sets the tone by opening with a bard (Travis Scott) beginning to tell the tale of the fall of Troy—at least the idealized heroic version that the bard’s audiences are hungry to hear.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On Thursday, in a more relaxed setting, Payton became a bard, rattling off tales that will no doubt have a place in next week’s tribute for Brees.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
Definition of bard
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  • Bi chooses Jude as his rival; Jude chooses the arctic wolf as their muse.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • These days, no one brings out the stars quite like Nolan, who has counted Damon, Hathaway, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Pattinson among his many muses in recent years.
    — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 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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