Yeats

[ yeyts ]

noun
  1. William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1923.

Other words from Yeats

  • Yeats·i·an, adjective

Words Nearby Yeats

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How to use Yeats in a sentence

  • Yeats-Brown was still at large in the city, dressed in girl's clothes lent him by Miss Whittaker.

  • I remember that an old poet named Yeats said something about writing poems—the fascination with what's difficult.

    What Rough Beast? | Jefferson Highe
  • William Butler Yeats, originally an artist, has a mystical element in his verse which gives it a sort of unearthly quality.

    The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French Benton
  • George W. Russell writes verse with much of the same wistful nature as that of Yeats.

    The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French Benton
  • Mr. Yeats reads into elfland all the righteous insurrection of his own race.

    Orthodoxy | G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for Yeats

Yeats

/ (jeɪts) /


noun
  1. Jack Butler. 1871–1957, Irish painter

  2. his brother W (illiam) B (utler). 1865–1939, Irish poet and dramatist. His collections of verse include Responsibilities (1914), The Tower (1928), and The Winding Stair (1929). Among his plays are The Countess Cathleen (1892) and Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902); he was a founder of the Irish National Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1923

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