Poet-laureate
31California 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… …
32The U.S. Poet Laureate — Infobox Television episode Title = The U.S. Poet Laureate Series = The West Wing Caption = Season = 3 Episode = 60 Airdate = March 272002 Production = 227217 Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Laura Glasser (story) Director = Christopher Misiano… …
33Poet Laureate of England — Sir John Betjeman …
34Poet Laureate of New England — John Greenleaf Whittier …
35Poet Laureate of Venezuela — Irma De Sola Ricardo …
36Laureate — 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. Milton.… …
37poet — (n.) early 14c., a poet, a singer (c.1200 as a surname), from O.Fr. poete (12c.), from L. poeta poet, author, from Gk. poetes maker, author, poet, from poiein to make, create, compose, from PIE *kwoiwo making, from root *kwei to pile up, build,… …
38laureate — [lôr′ē it; ] for v. [, lôr′ēāt΄] adj. [ME < L laureatus < laurea (corona), laurel (wreath), fem. of laureus, of laurel < laurus, laurel] 1. woven of sprigs of laurel: said of a crown or wreath 2. crowned with a laurel wreath as a mark of …
39Poet — 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 poet s… …
40Laureate — Lau re*ate, n. 1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. A learned laureate. Cleveland. [1913 Webster] 2. A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement; as, a Nobel laureate; the Pris de Rome laureate; the… …