poet 
poet [poet poets] BrE [ˈpəʊɪt] NAmE [ˈpoʊət] noun a person who writes poems Word Origin: Middle English: from Old French poete, via Latin from Greek poētēs, variant of poiētēs ‘maker, poet’, from poiein ‘create’. Example Bank: •These river banks have inspired poets for many centuries. •the foremost poet of his generation •She wrote with the freedom characteristic of the other modernist poets. •the Romantic poets
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