poet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who writes poems.

   Shakespeare is one of the most famous poets in English.

2. 2
   noun

   A person with a creative or romantic way of seeing the world.

   He is a poet at heart, always finding beauty in small things.

From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.

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