poet laureate

English Thesaurus

1. the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain (noun.person)

hypernym	:	laureate,
definition	:	someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath (noun.person)

hypernym	:	poet, poet,
definition	:	a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person)