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Poet Poems Noun ˈpəʊɪt ˈpəʊət Internationally Renowned Romantic

Word3 poet
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈpəʊɪt/ /ˈpəʊət/
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  • an internationally renowned poet
  • the romantic poets
  • a performance poet (= who performs poems to an audience)
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poet

(noun)/ˈpəʊɪt/ /ˈpəʊət/
  1. a person who writes poems
    • an internationally renowned poet
    • the Romantic poets
    • a performance poet (= who performs poems to an audience)

    Extra Examples

    • These river banks have inspired poets for many centuries.
    • the foremost poet of his generation
    • She wrote with the freedom characteristic of the other modernist poets.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French poete, via Latin from Greek poētēs, variant of poiētēs ‘maker, poet’, from poiein ‘create’.
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