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laureate
noun 
  1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. A learned laureate - Cleveland
verb (laureat, ing)
  1. (intransitive): To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
adjective 
  1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel - Chaucer
Quotations
  • To strew the hearse where Lycid lies. - Milton
  • Soft on her lap her son reclines. - Pope
  • Etymology: From laureatus, from laurea laurel tree, from laureus of laurel, from laurus laurel: compare French lauréat. Compare laurel

         
     
      

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