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sonneteer

noun

A writer of sonnets or small poems.

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Meanings

nounsonneteer (plural sonneteers)

plural sonneteers · alternative sonnetteer

derogatorysometimesA writer of sonnets or small poems.
Some starved hackney sonneteer.
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
Synonyms: sonneter

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

present singular third person sonneteers · participle present sonneteering · participle past sonneteered · past sonneteered · alternative sonnetteer

To compose sonnets.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA writer of sonnets or small poems.

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Origin

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

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Translations

German Sonettist

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Spanish sonetista

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sonneteer

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APA

sonneteer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonneteer

MLA

“sonneteer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonneteer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonneteer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonneteer.

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