poet laureatenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌpəʊ.ɪt ˈlɒr.i.ət/us/ˌpoʊ.ət ˈlɑːr.i.ət/in the UK, a poet given a special position by the king or queen, who is asked to write poems about important public occasions:
that most illustrious Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson
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