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Poets vs Poetess - What's the difference?

poets | poetess |

As nouns the difference between poets and poetess

is that poets is while poetess is (dated) a female poet.

poets

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    poetess

    English

    (wikipedia poetess)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (dated) a female poet

    • Usage notes

    'Poetess' is rare in contemporary usage according to which both sexes are known normally as 'poets'. English words suffixed with -ess