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POET LAUREATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain

Example:

the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("poet laureate" is a kind 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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

he is the poet laureate of Arkansas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("poet laureate" is a kind of...):

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

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