Usually means: Female poet, writer of verse.
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  1. poetess: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. poetess: Merriam-Webster
  3. poetess: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poetess: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poetess: Vocabulary.com
  6. Poetess, poetess: Wordnik
  7. poetess: Wiktionary
  8. poetess: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. poetess: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Poetess, poetess: Dictionary.com
  11. The Poetess: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Poetess: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. poetess: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. poetess: Rhymezone
  15. Poetess: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. poetess: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. poetess: FreeDictionary.org
  18. poetess: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. poetess: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. poetess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definitions from Wiktionary (poetess)

▸ noun:  (dated) A female poet.

Similar:
poetress, poetastress, poët, poete, poeticule, poëte, poetese, paintress, poësy, parcel-poet, more...

Opposite:
male poet, poet

Types:
bard, rhapsode, skald, minstrel, chansonnier, troubadour, jongleur, more...

Adjectives:
young, great, famous, english, greek, american, first, celebrated, gifted, french, known

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Similar:
poetress, poetastress, poët, poete, poeticule, poëte, poetese, paintress, poësy, parcel-poet, more...

Opposite:
male poet, poet

Types:
bard, rhapsode, skald, minstrel, chansonnier, troubadour, jongleur, more...

Adjectives:
young, great, famous, english, greek, american, first, celebrated, gifted, french, known



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