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Webster 1913 Edition
Poetess
Po′et-ess
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
poétesse
.] A female poet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poetess
PO'ETESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
poetess
poetess
English
Noun
poetess (plural poetesses)
Translations
female poet
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Usage notes
'Poetess' is rare in contemporary usage according to which both sexes are known normally as 'poets'. The Latin term for a female poet was poetria, derived from the Ancient Greek ποιήτρια, which still means "female poet" in Modern Greek. "Female poet" is the more usual modern translation where the gendered form in the original language is preserved.