Poetess


[poh-i-tis] /ˈpoʊ ɪ tɪs/

noun
1.
a woman who writes poetry.
n.

1520s, from poet + -ess. Earlier fem. form was poetresse (early 15c.). Old Norse had skaldkona “poetess.”

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