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laureate

[ lawr-ee-it, lor- ]

noun

  1. a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:

    a Nobel laureate.



adjective

  1. deserving or having special recognition for achievement, as for poetry (often used immediately after the noun that is modified):

    poet laureate; conjurer laureate.

  2. having special distinction or recognition in a field:

    the laureate men of science.

  3. crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
  4. consisting of or resembling laurel, as a wreath or crown.

laureate

/ 藢l蓴藧r瑟藞e瑟蕛蓹n; 藞l蓴藧r瑟瑟t /

adjective

  1. literary.
    crowned with laurel leaves as a sign of honour
  2. archaic.
    made of laurel
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. short for poet laureate
  2. a person honoured with an award for art or science

    a Nobel laureate

  3. rare.
    a person honoured with the laurel crown or wreath
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • laureation, noun
  • 藞濒补耻谤别补迟别藢蝉丑颈辫, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒补耻顎价别路补迟别路蝉丑颈辫顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of laureate1

1350鈥1400; Middle English; < Latin 濒补耻谤别腻迟耻蝉 crowned with laurel, equivalent to laure ( us ) of laurel ( laur ( us ) bay tree + -eus -eous ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of laureate1

C14: from Latin 濒补耻谤别腻迟耻蝉, from laurea laurel
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Example Sentences

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The subtle magic of the Shipping Forecast is celebrated in a special concert, in Belfast's Ulster Hall, featuring Radio 4's continuity announcers and a new work by poet laureate Simon Armitage.

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A Utah state poet laureate pleaded his Republican senator, John Curtis, to protect funding for the arts.

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To Lynne Thompson, a former poet laureate of Los Angeles and the current board president of Cave Canem, therein lies the key conceit of the program.

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Arias, a Nobel laureate, said he was informed of the decision weeks after he had publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing the behaviour of the US president to that of a Roman emperor.

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"What do you get for that, poet laureate? 拢70 a year and a barrel of sherry? Not interested."

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