City Poet
British (now historical )
noun
A name given to a poet appointed to write pageants for the Lord Mayor of London.
- By the late 17th cent. the role of City Poet was seen as a semi-formal office, of which the last known holder was Elkanah Settle (1648–1724)..
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Dekker (c1572–1632), playwright and pamphleteer.
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