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# poetess

«poetess» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (poetesses)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a clever woman is praised as a poetess of some merit

### examples

- When Hase-Hime was thirteen, she was already mentioned as a poetess of some merit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x1)
- Our class read a book by a famous poetess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x2)
- The poetess wrote a poem for the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «poetess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.