Cavalier poets
pl n 1. (Literary & Literary Critical Movements) a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
2. (Poetry) a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
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Cav′alier po′ets
n.pl. a group of English poets, including Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, and Suckling, mainly at the court of Charles I.
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