poet laureate

n. pl. poets laureate or poet laureates

1. A poet appointed for life by a British monarch as a member of the royal household and expected to write poems celebrating occasions of national importance and honoring the royal family.

2. A poet appointed to a similar honorary position or honored for artistic excellence.

3. A poet acclaimed as the most excellent or most representative of a locality or group.

poet laureate

n pl poets laureate

(Literature / Poetry) Brit the poet appointed as court poet of Britain who is given a post as an officer of the Royal Household. The first was Ben Jonson in 1616

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Noun	1.	poet laureate - a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region; "she is the poet laureate of all lyricists"; "he is the poet laureate of Arkansas" poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
	2.	poet laureate - the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain; "the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions" 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)

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poet laureate

n → Hofdichter(in) m(f), → Poeta laureatus m

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Among them towers the Poet Laureate, to whom perhaps Higgins may owe his Miltonic sympathies, though here again I must disclaim all portraiture.

Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as

The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

She looked at the two rows of English people who were sitting at the table; at the row of white bottles of water and red bottles of wine that ran between the English people; at the portraits of the late Queen and the late Poet Laureate that hung behind the English people, heavily framed; at the notice of the English church (Rev.

A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context