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Laureate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Laureate? [n] someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath [adj] worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub Synonyms \| Synonyms for Laureate: honorable \| honourable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Laureate: A per se \| ace \| arch-poet \| award winner \| ballad maker \| balladmonger \| bard \| beat poet \| boss \| bucoliast \| champ \| champion \| chief \| commander \| crowned with laurel \| dean \| distinguished \| elegist \| epic poet \| fili \| fugleman \| genius \| head \| higher-up \| honored \| idyllist \| imagist \| jongleur \| leader \| librettist \| major poet \| maker \| master \| medalist \| Meistersinger \| minnesinger \| minor poet \| minstrel \| modernist \| nonpareil \| occasional poet \| odist \| Olympic medal winner \| paragon \| Parnassian \| pastoral poet \| pastoralist \| poet \| poet laureate \| poetress \| principal \| prizeman \| prizetaker \| prizewinner \| prodigy \| rhapsode \| rhapsodist \| ruler \| satirist \| scop \| senior \| skald \| sonneteer \| star \| superior \| superman \| superstar \| symbolist \| the greatest \| the most \| top dog \| troubadour \| trouveur \| trovatore \| vers libriste \| vers-librist \| virtuoso \| world champion \| world-record holder See Also \| honoree \| Nobel Laureate \| Nobelist \| Poet Laureate Laureate In Webster's Dictionary \Lau"reate\, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur['e]at. Cf. {Laurel}.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. --Chaucer. To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. --Milton. Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. --Pope. {Poet laureate}. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [Obs.] (b) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. [Eng.] \Lau"reate\, n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. ``A learned laureate.'' --Cleveland. \Lau"re*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laureated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laureating}.] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

Laureate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Laureate?

[n] someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
[adj] worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub

Synonyms | Synonyms for Laureate: honorable | honourable

See Also | honoree | Nobel Laureate | Nobelist | Poet Laureate

Laureate In Webster's Dictionary

\Lau"re*ate\, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree,
fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur['e]at.
Cf. {Laurel}.]
Crowned, or decked, with laurel. --Chaucer.

      To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
                                               --Milton.

      Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. --Pope.

{Poet laureate}.
(b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar,
    including poetry and rhetoric, at the English
    universities; -- so called as being presented with a
    wreath of laurel. [Obs.]
(b) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose
    business was to compose an ode annually for the king's
    birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet
    officially distinguished by such honorary title, the
    office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first
    given in the time of Edward IV. [Eng.]


\Lau"re*ate\, n.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. ``A learned
laureate.'' --Cleveland.


\Lau"re*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laureated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Laureating}.]
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in
bestowing a degree at the English universities.

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