noun
Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
• Syn: ↑William Butler Yeats, ↑W. B. Yeats
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Yeatsian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet, ↑dramatist, ↑playwright
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—Yeatsian, adj.
/yayts/, n.
William Butler, 1865-1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
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[yāts]W. B. (1865 - 1939), Irish poet and playwright; full name William Butler Yeats. His play The Countess Cathleen (1892) and his collection of stories The Celtic Twilight (1893) stimulated Ireland's theatrical, cultural, and literary revival. Notable poetry: "Sailing to Byzantium" and "Leda and the Swan." Nobel Prize for Literature (1923)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.