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1. (n.) poet
one who writes poetry.
2. poet
one who displays imagination and sensitivity along with eloquent expression.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME poete < L poēta < Gk poiētēs poet, lit., maker =poiē-, var. s. of poieîn to make +-tēs agent n. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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1. (noun) poet
a writer of poems
Ted Hughes, the famous poet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) poet
one skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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poet
1. A person born with the instinct to poverty.
2. One whose ideas of the beautiful and the sublime get him in jail or Potter's Field.
3. The patron saint of landlords.
4. A worthless, shiftless chap whose songs adorn the libraries of fat shopkeepers and paunchy Philistines one hundred years after the chap has died of malnutrition.
5. A dope-fiend.
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Sense: a person who writes poems.
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 Afrikaans: digter |
 Arabic: شاعِر |
 Bulgarian: поет |
 Brazilian: poeta |
 Czech: básník, -řka |
 German: der/die Dichter(in) |
 Danish: digter; poet |
 Greek: ποιητής |
 Spanish: poeta; poeta, poetisa |
 Estonian: luuletaja |
 Farsi: شاعر |
 Finnish: runoilija |
 French: poète, poétesse |
 Hebrew: מְשוֹרֵר |
 Hindi: कवि |
 Croatian: pjesnik |
 Hungarian: költő |
 Indonesian: penyair |
 Icelandic: ljóðskáld |
 Italian: poeta, poetessa |
 Japanese: 詩人 |
 Korean: 시인 |
 Lithuanian: poetas |
 Latvian: dzejnieks |
 Malay: penyajak |
 Dutch: dichter |
 Norwegian: dikter |
 Polish: poeta |
 Persian: شاعر |
 Pashto: شاعر |
 Portuguese: poeta |
 Romanian: poet |
 Russian: поэт |
 Slovak: básnik |
 Slovenian: pesnik |
 Serbian: pesnik |
 Swedish: poet, diktare, skald |
 Thai: กวี |
 Turkish: şair |
 Taiwanese: 詩人 |
 Ukrainian: поет |
 Urdu: شاعر |
 Vietnamese: nhà thơ |
 Chinese: 诗人 |
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