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单词 pageant poet
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pageant poet
pageant poet n. (also with capital initials) British (now historical) a poet appointed to write pageants, esp. for the Lord Mayor of London; cf. City Poet n. at city n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1609, the character ‘Antonio Balladino’ was apparently used by Jonson to ridicule the poet Anthony Munday (cf. quot. 1913).
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1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. B And euer since [he] liues Zany to the world, Turnes Pageant-Poet, toyler to the presse, Makes himselfe cheape.
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd i. sig. A2v Balladino? you are not Pageant Poet to the City of Milaine sir, are you. View more context for this quotation
1852 G. Daniel Democritus in London xvii. 266 He [sc. Elkanah Settle] was the last of the Pageant-Poets to the City of London.
1913 Times 28 Mar. 6/1 Enjoying the favour of the City authorities for many years, Anthony Munday was their pageant-poet..until within a few years of his death.
2003 R. Barbour Before Orientalism iii. 69 As a dramatist turned pageant poet, [George] Peele..opened the way for Anthony Munday, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, John Webster, and Thomas Heywood.
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