sonneteer

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Etymology

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From sonnet +‎ -eer, replacing earlier sonnetier from Italian sonettiere, from sonetto.[1]

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sonneteer (plural sonneteers)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A writer of sonnets or small poems.
    • 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: [] W[illiam] Lewis []; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor [], T[homas] Osborn[e] [], and J[ohn] Graves [], →OCLC:
      Some starved hackney sonneteer.

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sonneteer (third-person singular simple present sonneteers, present participle sonneteering, simple past and past participle sonneteered)

  1. To compose sonnets.

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  1. ^ sonneteer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.