POET LAUREATE meaning: Official poet of an institution

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poet laureate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Definitions from Wiktionary (poet laureate)

▸ noun:  A poet officially appointed by a government, often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel.
▸ noun:  (British, historical) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure.

Opposite:

anti-laureate, non-laureate, unlaureate

Phrases:

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, United States Poet Laureate, National Youth Poet Laureate, Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate of Kentucky, more...

Adjectives:

epistolary, epistolographic, writerly, literatesque, epistolic, scriptory, literary, epistolar, scriptorial, epical, epistolatory

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