POET LAUREATE

noun (plural poets laureate or ~s) Date: 15th century a poet honored for achievement in his or her art, 2. a poet appointed for life by an English sovereign as a member of the royal household and formerly expected to compose poems for court and national occasions, a poet appointed annually by the United States Library of Congress as a consultant and typically involved in the promotion of poetry, one regarded by a country or region as its most eminent or representative poet