Sonnetist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of sonnets.

    "1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire; / And is become a new-found sonnetist […]"

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"1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire; / And is become a new-found sonnetist […]"

Etymology

From sonnet + -ist.

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