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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:
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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