poetess

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. a woman poetType of poet, womanExamples Sappho, Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Po′et·ess noun

Origin: Cf. F. poétesse.

A female poet.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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