Pō'et, n.
n. [Fr. poète, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. poeta, Gr. ποιητής, from ποιεῖν, to make.]
Sense 1. The author of a poem; the inventor or maker of a metrical composition.
A poet is a maker, as the word signifies; and he who can not make, that is, invent, hath his name for nothing. Dryden.
Sense 2. One skilled in making poetry, or who has a particular genius for metrical composition; one distinguished for poetic talents; an imaginative thinker or writer.
Poet laureate, a poet employed to compose poems for the birthdays of a prince, or other special occasion. See LAUREATE.