0 in the UK, a poet given a special position by the king or queen, who is asked to write poems about important public occasions:
that most illustrious Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Like a poet laureate, this professor often had to write poems and speeches for festive occasions, such as the king's birthday or the university's birthday.
A poet laureate should not be appointed for now and the post should be held in abeyance.
There has been much talk of the appointment of the next poet laureate.
A famous poet laureate wrote a book about it.
Sadly, that does not happen these days, with landfill tax legislation and the aggregates levy for example, although the poet laureate might address himself to that.
It is comparable to a national poet, but has no titular history (i.e. poet laureate).
As poet laureate, she reaches out to students throughout the state.
She was poet laureate of the city from 2008-2010.
