poetess

English Thesaurus

1. a woman poet (noun.person)

hypernym	:	poet,
definition	:	a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	edna millay, edna saint vincent millay, millay,
definition	:	United States poet (1892-1950) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	sappho,
definition	:	the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC) (noun.person)