Yeats

American  

[yeyts] / yeɪts /

noun

1. William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1923.

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Yeats British  

/ jeɪts /

noun

1. Jack Butler. 1871–1957, Irish painter

2. his brother W ( illiam ) B ( utler ). 1865–1939, Irish poet and dramatist. His collections of verse include Responsibilities (1914), The Tower (1928), and The Winding Stair (1929). Among his plays are The Countess Cathleen (1892) and Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902); he was a founder of the Irish National Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1923

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Other Word Forms

• Yeatsian adjective

Example Sentences

Andy Halliday then blasted the Bantams ahead before Mark Yeats slotted a fourth to inflict a shock defeat on Jose Mourinho's side.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Yeats; in another he salutes Allen Ginsberg and other Beat poets; in a third he devotes the entirety of the piece to Arthur Rimbaud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

She’s immersed in Yeats and Irish folk tales while being bored at school reading “Fun With Dick and Jane.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

In the words of the Yeats poem, "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… Surely some revelation is at hand."

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

But I, being poor, have only my dreams, thought Joseph, remembering the Yeats poem.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick