Laureate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction: "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag” ( James Traub).
  • adj. Crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
  • adj. Archaic Made of laurel sprigs, as a wreath or crown.
  • n. One honored or awarded a prize for great achievements especially in the arts or sciences: a Nobel laureate.
  • n. A poet laureate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
  • n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate
  • n. A graduate of a university
  • v. To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
  • n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
  • n. A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement.
  • verb-intransitive. To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put a wreath of laurel upon the head of; crown with laurel, as formerly in conferring a degree in a university.
  • To invest with the office of poet laureate.
  • Crowned with laurel as a mark of distinction; decked with laurel.
  • In numismatical descriptions, wearing a laurel wreath: said of a human head, a bust, etc.: as, the head of the emperor Nero, laureate.—
  • n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate; an officially appointed or recognized poet.
  • n. In the musical conservatories of Paris and Brussels, a pupil who gains the Prix de Rome.
  • n. In some educational institutions in the United States, a degree given to women instead of ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’: as, Laureate of Science, etc.
  • n. In numismatics, same as laurel, 5.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
  • n. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
    • Equivalent
    honourable    honorable   
    Cross Reference
    poet laureate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crowned    distinguished   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    baccalaureate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    laureat    humanitaire    slayne    horsedrawn    archiver   
     
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