poet

(pō'ĭt)
n.

1. A writer of poems.
2. One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical: "[the naturalist John Burroughs] was the bard of the bird feeder, the poet of the small and homey" (Bill McKibben).

[Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer, from poiein, to create.]

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noun

One who writes poetry: bard, muse², poetaster, poetess, rhymer, rhymester, versifier. See words.

A writer of poetry.

IN BRIEF: n. - A writer of prose.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. — Plato

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - digter

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    hofdigter

Nederlands (Dutch)
dichter, dichteres, poëet

Français (French)
n. - poète

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    poète lauréat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dichter, Poet

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    Hofdichter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποιητής

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    (Βρετ.) δαφνοστεφής ποιητής

Italiano (Italian)
poeta

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    poeta laureato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poeta (m)

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    poeta laureado

Русский (Russian)
поэт

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    поэт-лауреат

Español (Spanish)
n. - poeta

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    poeta laureado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - poet, diktare, skald

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诗人

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    桂冠诗人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 詩人

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    桂冠詩人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시인, 시적 재능을 가진 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詩人, 詩人肌の人, 空想家

idioms:

• Poet Laureate    桂冠詩人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شاعرؤ, ناظم للشعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משורר, פייטן, מחבר פיוטים‬

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