Definitions
Etymologies
- From Scots makar. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, variant of maker, maker, poet. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“Since Lochhead was appointed makar "it's been bonkers", she tells me.”
“Last week too, Liz Lochhead was appointed Scotland's makar.”
“Liz Lochhead , the Scottish makar national poet; and the Cambridge professor of children's poetry Morag Styles.”
“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”
“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).”
“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.”
“I have a tula rashi & makar lagna with saturn in my 7th house ... what will be the effect of sadey sati to me? en Español”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘makar’.
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Old
Old words or old spellings, or both.
fasickle, olde, goode, shoppe, towne, fantastick, poltroonery, strumpet, ear-rent, frog and toad, forgetfory, makar and 3 more...
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I keep forgetting
Words I keep looking up and still keep forgetting the definition of
reify, phthisic, taghairm, makar, sciamachy, chevelure, smaragdine, vicinal, rixatrix, polynya, hamadryad, cloud-built and 5 more...
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Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
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Writer, Writer!
columnist, contributor, novelist, poet, wordsmith, stringer, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, correspondent, essayist, speechwriter and 99 more...
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jey's Words
clerestory, outwith, sublunary, machair, luskentyre, antisyzygy, narthex, halyard, anegada, hebrides, schiehallion, quiraing and 53 more...
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Word of the Days
Tweets
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bilby "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. Aug 19, 2010
reesetee Old Scots term for a bard, according to yarb. And yarb wouldn't lie. :-) Oct 26, 2007