laureate

English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒ.ɹiː.ət/, /ˈlɔː(ɹ).iː.ət/, SAMPA: /"lQri:.@t/, /"lO:(r).i:.@t/

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer
   • John Milton

     To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.

   • Alexander Pope

     Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.

Translations

one crowned with laurel

Greek: δαφνοστέφανος (el) (dafnostéfanos)

Spanish: laureado (es), galardonado (es)

Derived terms

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate
2. A graduate of a university

Translations

one crowned with laurel

Czech: nositel (cs) m., laureát (cs) m. Esperanto: laŭreato (eo)

Spanish: laureado (es), galardonado (es)

Verb

laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)

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

Translations

one crowned with laurel

Spanish: laurear (es)

Related terms

• lauraceous
• laurel
• laurestine
• lauriferous

External links

• laureate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• laureate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• laureate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Adjective

laureate f.

1. Feminine plural form of laureato

Noun

laureate f.

1. Plural form of laureata.

Verb

laureate

1. Feminine plural of laureato

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Latin

Adjective

laureāte

1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus