poet Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
WordNet
Po"et noun
Etymology
F.Definitions
One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden.
