Laureate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Laureate is an adjective meaning (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
Meaning
(sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
More Meanings
- A graduate of a university.
- (intransitive) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
- (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
Example Sentences
a learn'd laureate
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,
Word Forms
- laureates
- laureating
- laureated
Synonyms for laureate
Depending on context, synonyms include honoree, honorable, honourable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include honourable, honorable, hearse, prizewinner, prize, victor.
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