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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cavalier poets¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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.

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

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