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English

Etymology

From laureatus, from laurea laurel tree, from laureus of laurel, from laurus laurel: compare French lauréat. Compare laurel

Pronunciation

Lau"re*ate

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Adjective

laureate

Crowned, or decked, with laurel - Chaucer
:Quotations
:*To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. - Milton
:*Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. - Pope

Derived terms

Poet laureate
:(Obsolete): 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
:(England):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 w:Edward IV|Edward IV
Nobel laureate

Noun

One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. A learned laureate - Cleveland

Verb

: To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

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Italian

Adjective

laureate

Feminine plural form of laureato

Noun

laureate

Verb

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Category:Italian past participle forms Category:Italian adjective forms

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, n.
1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. "A learned
laureate." --Cleveland.
[1913 Webster]

2. A person who has been presented with an award for some
distinguished achievement; as, a Nobel laureate; the Pris
de Rome laureate; the Music Director Laureate; the
conductor laureate.
[PJC]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Laureate \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.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Laureate \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.
[1913 Webster]

To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

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.]
(c) A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most
pre-eminent poet of a country or region; as, the poet
laureate of the United States.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

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

Moby Dictionary
A per se , Meistersinger , Olympic medal winner , Parnassian , 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 ,
minnesinger , minor poet , minstrel , modernist , nonpareil ,
occasional poet , odist , paragon , 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

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of all incumbents of that high office, Robert Southey had the most notable knack at drugging the Samson of public joy and cutting his hair to the quick; and he had an artistic color-sense which enabled him so to blacken a public grief as to give it the aspect of a national crime.