Laureate
WordNet
adjective
(1) Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
"The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
noun
(2) Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
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Etymology
From , from , from , from . Compare French .
Adjective
- Crowned, or decked, with laurel - Geoffrey Chaucer
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- To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. - John Milton
- Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. - Alexander Pope
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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 English universities.
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