Laureate
Laureate , adjective
[Latin laureatus, from laurea laurel tree, from laureus of laurel, from laurus laurel: compare French lauréat. Compare Laurel.]
Crowned, or decked, with laurel. — Chaucer
To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Collocations (1)
Poet laureate , (b) 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. [Obsolete] (b) 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 Edward IV. [English] (c) A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most pre-eminent poet of a country or region; as, the poet laureate of the United States.
Laureate , noun
1.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
A learned laureate.
2.
A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement; as, a Nobel laureate; the Pris de Rome laureate; the Music Director Laureate; the conductor laureate.
Laureate , intransitive verb
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.