poetess

/ˈpoʊədəs/

Other forms: poetesses

Definitions of poetess

1. noun

   a woman poet
   examples:

   Edna Saint Vincent Millay

   United States poet (1892-1950)

   Sappho

   the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)

   type of:

   poet

   a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)