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Etymology
From L. 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

1. 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
en-noun

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

Verb
en-verb|laureat|ing

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

Italian
Adjective
laureate f

1. Feminine plural form of laureato

Noun
laureate f

1. plural of|laureata|lang=Italian

Verb

1. form of|feminine|Feminine plural|laureato

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