Library / English Dictionary

YEATS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)

Synonyms:

W. B. Yeats; William Butler Yeats; Yeats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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

Derivation:

Yeatsian (in the manner of William Butler Yeats)

Credits