sonneteer

[ son-i-teer ]

/ ˌsɒn ɪˈtɪər /

a composer of sonnets.

to compose sonnets; sonnetize.

Origin of sonneteer

1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier < Italian sonnettiere

Hanmer, who is generally followed, read 'sonneteer'; but it is doubtful if that term was then in use.

The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays |Thomas Keightley
They number about five hundred, ranking him as the most prolific English sonneteer.

English Verse |Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
Our sonneteer may be said to have borrowed the exclamation from Luther.

Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) |George Jacob Holyoake
Frank, who had always thought of Mrs. Greenock in the light of a Puritan rather than a sonneteer, gave a sudden choke of laughter.

The Judgment Books |Edward Frederic Benson

I carried up six or eight pails of water from the spring and followed the sonneteer's example.

Hints to Pilgrims |Charles Stephen Brooks

sonneteer

/ (ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə) /

a writer of sonnets