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1Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress — The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. Originally the title was Consultant in Poetry , but that was changed in 1986 to be… …
2Poet Laureate of New Jersey — The Poet Laureate of New Jersey position was created on October 4, 1999. Gerald Stern was appointed first New Jersey poet laureate on April 17, 2000, by Christie Whitman. The second poet laureate, Amiri Baraka was dismissed after reading his poem …
3Poet laureate — Laureate Lau re*ate, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur[ e]at. Cf. {Laurel}.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.… …
4Poet Laureate — A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. The plural form is poets laureate.In England, the term has for centuries been the title of the… …
5poet laureate — noun 1. a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region she is the poet laureate of all lyricists he is the poet laureate of Arkansas • Hypernyms: ↑poet 2. the poet officially appointed to the… …
6poet laureate — [[t]po͟ʊɪt lɒ̱riət, AM lɔ͟ːr [/t]] poet laureates, poets laureate (plural) N COUNT: usu the N The poet laureate is the official poet of a country. In Britain the poet laureate is paid by the government for the rest of their life. In the United… …
7California Poet Laureate — The California Poet Laureate is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of California. California was the first state to appoint poets laureate.Fact|date=June 2008 In 2001, Governor Gray Davis created the official position. Each poet laureate for… …
8Poet laureate — Poet Po et, n. [F. po[ e]te, L. po[ e]ta, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to make. Cf. {Poem}.] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. [1913 Webster] The… …
9poet laureate — n. pl. poets laureate or poet laureates 1. the court poet of England, appointed for life by the monarch, traditionally to write poems celebrating official occasions, national events, etc. 2. the official or most respected poet of any specific… …
10Poet Laureate — The plural is Poets Laureate, although Poet Laureates is often used …
