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poetasters

poetasters is the plural of poetaster.

Meaning of poetaster

Noun

poetaster (plural poetasters)

  1. An unskilled poet.
    • Where the personal feelings were not engaged, it was also an agreeable pastime to follow his destructive feats; see him annihilate a poetaster, or insinuate away the pretensions of a book-wright.1853, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, “Mental Portraits; Or, Studies of Character”, in The Reviewer: Lord Jeffrey, page 219

Questions about poetasters

What is poetasters the plural of?
Poetasters is the plural of poetaster.

Words near poetasters in the dictionary

  1. poet.
  2. poetaster
  3. poetasteries
  4. poetastering
  5. poetasterism
  6. poetasters
  7. poetastery
  8. poetasting
  9. poetastress
  10. poetastresses
  11. poetastric

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