Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poet.
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- noun A
poet writing inScots .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since Lochhead was appointed makar "it's been bonkers", she tells me.
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Last week too, Liz Lochhead was appointed Scotland's makar.
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A panel accompanying a report on the search for a Scottish poet laureate, the makar, anticipated the decision of the judges of the 2010 TS Eliot prize, due on 24 January.
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Liz Lochhead , the Scottish makar national poet; and the Cambridge professor of children's poetry Morag Styles.
The Guardian World News Joanna Moorhead 2011
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REFREN REMI: može se - samo pitaj dok drugi šute možeš sve - gledaj pred sebe ne skreći s rute bori se - sve do posljednje minute gle - ako si luzer pojest će te može se - jer znaš da gore nemre ispast ne daj se - makar te ego vodi u napast bori se - tvoje je tvoje, neće to ukrast gle - ako si luzer pojest će te
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Human Rights Watch has long expressed concerns over anti-separatist sweeps by the police, which often result in individuals who peacefully express support for independence being arrested and detained on charges of treason or rebellion (makar).
NZ On Screen 2010
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Poetry News: STIRLING Council has appointed writer, poet and performer Magi Gibson as the city's makar, who will promote poetry throughout the area for the next three years.
GotPoetry.com News 2009
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Poetry News: STIRLING Council has appointed writer, poet and performer Magi Gibson as the city's makar, who will promote poetry throughout the area for the next three years.
GotPoetry.com News 2009
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Poetry News: STIRLING Council has appointed writer, poet and performer Magi Gibson as the city's makar, who will promote poetry throughout the area for the next three years.
GotPoetry.com News 2009
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Poetry News: STIRLING Council has appointed writer, poet and performer Magi Gibson as the city's makar, who will promote poetry throughout the area for the next three years.
GotPoetry.com News 2009
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Jackie Kay has long been a literary star, including five years as the Scottish makar, their poet laureate.
‘They are totally smashing it!’ Bernardine Evaristo on the artistic triumph of older Black women Bernardine Evaristo 2022
reesetee commented on the word makar
Old Scots term for a bard, according to yarb. And yarb wouldn't lie. :-)
October 26, 2007
bilby commented on the word makar
"The Scots Makar - or national poet - Edwin Morgan has died at the age of 90. Mr Morgan, who was widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th Century, passed away on Thursday after suffering pneumonia."
- Scots Makar Edwin Morgan dies aged 90, BBC website, 19 August 2010.
August 19, 2010