Poe

¹

[ poh ]

noun

1. Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.

POE

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or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.
2. port of entry.

POE

¹

abbreviation for

1. military port of embarkation
2. port of entry

Poe

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/ pəʊ /

noun

1. PoeEdgar Allan18091849MUSWRITING: short-story writerWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story

Example Sentences

In the case of another client, John Poe, serving 64 years to life for murder, the L.A. district attorney’s office chided Spolin for wasting their time and resources.

From Los Angeles Times

They are opportunistic eaters of just about anything, but their consumption of carrion — their comfort with the dead — made them a bad omen long before Edgar Allan Poe turned them into a cliché.

From New York Times

To ease his mind around meal planning, gift him a few vegan camp meals from Poe & Co.

From New York Times

In Tayarisha Poe’s “The Young Wife,” a wedding party plays out like a psychedelic fever dream.

From New York Times

Corman decided to widen his horizons with a series of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and featuring Vincent Price as the lead in all but one of them.

From BBC