单词 | praise poet |
释义 | > as lemmaspraise poet praise poet n. a person who composes or performs praise poems; (chiefly) spec. = imbongi n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > praise poet praiser1836 praise poet1935 praise-reciter1935 mbongo1948 griot1968 1935 Critic (Cape Town) Oct. 7 The old praise-poets had to compose in their heads, and had to remember as they went along. 1992 S. Afr. Panorama Nov.–Dec. 75 In Transkei, the iimbongi, the public orators or praise poets, have gradually shifted their allegiance from royalty to political figures. < as lemmas |
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