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sacrificial poet

sacrificial poet noun: in poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.

Noun

sacrificial poet (plural sacrificial poets)

  1. In poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sacrificial, poet.

Forms of sacrificial poet

pluralsacrificial poets

Questions about sacrificial poet

What does sacrificial poet mean?
Sacrificial poet means in poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.
What part of speech is sacrificial poet?
Sacrificial poet is a noun.
What is the plural of sacrificial poet?
The plural of sacrificial poet is sacrificial poets.

Words near sacrificial poet in the dictionary

  1. sacrificial anode
  2. sacrificial anodes
  3. sacrificial hyperconjugation
  4. sacrificial lamb
  5. sacrificial lambs
  6. sacrificial poet
  7. sacrificial poets
  8. sacrificialism
  9. sacrificiality
  10. sacrificially
  11. sacrificialness

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