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poet laureate

DEFINITIONS OF: poet laureate

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n a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region

“she is the poet laureate of all lyricists”
“he is the poet laureate of Arkansas”
Type of:
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

n the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain

“the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions”
Type of:
laureate
someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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