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# poetess

noun (poetesses)

«poetess» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x1)
- Our class read a book by a famous poetess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x2)
- The poetess wrote a poem for the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «poetess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poetess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poetess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poetess.html) on Mova free.