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poet

po·et [ pṓ ət ] (plural po·ets)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. writer of poems: somebody who writes poems, especially as a vocation

2. somebody imaginative or creative: an imaginative, creative, or artistic person

[13th century. Via French poète and Latin poeta< Greek poiētēs "maker, author" < poiein "make"]
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