laureate

See also: lauréate

English

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “laureate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒ.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɔːɹ.i.ət/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

1. (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.

   • (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.

   • 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt

     Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,

Derived terms

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

Translations

one crowned with laurel

• Armenian: դափնեկիր (hy) (dapʻnekir)
• Bulgarian: увенчан (bg) (uvenčan)
• French: lauréat (fr) m, lauréate (fr) f
• Greek: δαφνοστεφής (el) m or f (dafnostefís)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: laureado (es), galardonado (es), ganador (es) m
• Swedish: lagerkransad, lagerkrönt

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
   • (Can we date this quote by Cleveland and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     A learned laureate.

2. A graduate of a university.

Translations

one crowned with laurel

• Armenian: դափնեկիր (hy) (dapʻnekir)
• Bulgarian: лауреат (bg) m (laureat)
• Czech: nositel m, laureát (cs) m
• Esperanto: laŭreato
• French: lauréat (fr) m, lauréate (fr) f
• German: Laureat (de) m, Laureatin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: δαφνοστεφής (el) m or f (dafnostefís)
• Polish: laureat (pl) m, laureatka f
• Russian: лауреа́т (ru) m (laureát), лауреа́тка (ru) f (laureátka)
• Spanish: laureado (es), galardonado (es)

Verb

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

• Bulgarian: увенчавам (bg) (uvenčavam)
• Spanish: laurear (es), galardonar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: lagerkransa, lagerkröna

Related terms

• lauraceous
• laurel
• laurestine
• lauriferous

Further reading

• “laureate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “laureate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “laureate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Adjective

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

Noun

laureate f

1. plural of laureata

Verb

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) laureāte

1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus