Laureate

[Lau·re*ate]

Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath

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Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

Noun
someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath

Adjective S.
worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation''s pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub

a.
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

n.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

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

Laureate

Lau"re*ate , a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur'82at. Cf. Laurel.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer.

To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.

Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.

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.]

Laureate

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

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.

Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

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

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Usage Examples

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

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Other Usage Examples

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.