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poet laureate
noun
: a poet who is honored by being chosen for an official position by a ruler or government
plural poets laureate or poet laureates
Full Definition of POET LAUREATE
1
: a poet honored for achievement
2
a : a poet appointed for life by an English sovereign as a member of the royal household and formerly expected to compose poems for court and national occasions b : a poet appointed annually by the United States Library of Congress as a consultant and typically involved in the promotion of poetry
3
: one regarded by a country or region as its most eminent or representative poet
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First Known Use of POET LAUREATE
15th century
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