poëtaster

Definitions of poëtaster
  1. noun
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
    synonyms: bard, dichter, liedjesschrijver, poëet, pruldichter, rijmelaar, sneldichter, verzenlijmer, verzenmaker, woordkunstenaar, zanger
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    examples:
    Homerus
    ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
    types:
    bard
    a lyric poet
    treurdichter
    the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
    hofdichter
    the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain
    type of:
    auteur, opsteller, schr., schrijfster, schrijver, steller, stelmonteur
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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