laureate
Americannoun
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a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award.
a Nobel laureate.
adjective
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deserving or having special recognition for achievement, as for poetry (often used immediately after the noun that is modified).
poet laureate; conjurer laureate.
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having special distinction or recognition in a field.
the laureate men of science.
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crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
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consisting of or resembling laurel, as a wreath or crown.
adjective
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literary crowned with laurel leaves as a sign of honour
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archaic made of laurel
noun
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short for poet laureate
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a person honoured with an award for art or science
a Nobel laureate
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rare a person honoured with the laurel crown or wreath
Other Word Forms
- laureateship noun
- laureation noun
Etymology
Origin of laureate
1350–1400; Middle English; < Latin laureātus crowned with laurel, equivalent to laure ( us ) of laurel ( laur ( us ) bay tree + -eus -eous ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Sam Sacks reviews the Nobel laureate’s “wily and endearing” final novel, in which a scholar investigating the life of a little-known guitarist suddenly becomes famous.
Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.
Ancient, patriarchal and oracular, Tennyson was not merely the poet laureate of England; he was, like his queen, a symbol of the British Empire.
The sudden invasion of Springs -- birthplace of 1991 Nobel literature laureate Nadine Gordimer -- reflects a wider frenzy, as gold prices have surged past $5,000 an ounce this year, more than double their January level.
From Barron's
Nobel laureate and outgoing interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has said, "there's no anti-Hindu violence", dismissing such reports as "fake news" by the Indian media.
From BBC
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