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Cavalier poets

plural noun

  1. a group of English poets, including Herrick, Carew, Lovelace, and Suckling, mainly at the court of Charles I.


Cavalier poets

plural noun

  1. a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cavalier poets1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

We use the term here in a narrower sense, excluding the followers of Daniel and that later group known as the Cavalier poets.

What is meant by the terms Cavalier poets, Spenserian poets, Metaphysical poets?

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