poetess
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Noun (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