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poetess Definition

po·et·ess (pō′ə tis)

noun

a woman or girl who writes poems or verses

poetess Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • American: Elizabeth Brigham Rooney is an American poetess who died in February 1999.
  • Greek: Sappho was a much-admired Greek lyric poetess, who taught the arts on the Greek island of Lesbos.
  • celebrated: Sapphire Sappho Name Origin: Celebrated poetess of ancient Greece, whose odes have in part been preserved to us.

Browse dictionary entries near poetess

  1. ‹ poetaster
  2. ‹ poet laureate
  3. ‹ poet
  4. ‹ poesy
  5. ‹ poem
  6. ‹ Poelzig, Hans
  7. ‹ Poe, EdgarAllan
  8. ‹ Poe
  9. ‹ podzolization
  10. ‹ podzol
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