Poet laureate

Meaning

Noun

●

A

by a government, often

to

for state

and other government events.

●

In Poetry:

One who

an

in

, including

and

, at the English

; so called as being

with a

of laurel.

●

In British English:

Formerly, an

of the

, whose business was to

an

for the

, and other

; now, a

by such

, the

being a sinecure.

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