Poet Laureate
桂冠詩人
Lau·re·ate a. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. --Milton.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. --Pope.
Poet laureate. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [Obs.] (b) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. [Eng.] (c) A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most pre-eminent poet of a country or region; as, the poet laureate of the United States.
Po·et n. One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. --Shak.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. --Dryden.
Poet laureate. See under Laureate.
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Poet Laureate
n : the poet officially appointed to the royal household in
Great Britain; "the Poet Laureate is expected to provide
poems for great national occasions"