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Poet laureate. A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. The Italians Albertino Mussato and Francesco Petrarca were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age, respectively in 1315 and 1342.
â¢ POET LAUREATE (noun). The noun POET LAUREATE has 2 senses: 1. a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region. 2. the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain. Familiarity information: POET LAUREATE used as a noun is rare.Dictionary entry details.ontext examples: she is the poet laureate of all lyricists / he is the poet laureate of Arkansas. Hypernyms (poet laureate is a kind of...): poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)).