sonneteer

[ son-i-teer ]

noun
  1. a composer of sonnets.

verb (used without object)
  1. to compose sonnets; sonnetize.

Origin of sonneteer

1
1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier<Italian sonnettiere

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British Dictionary definitions for sonneteer

sonneteer

/ (ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə) /


noun
  1. a writer of sonnets

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