laureate
noun
a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award.
laureateship
-
a word derived from
laureate.
Example Sentences
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The terms of the laureateship are short, just one year, though some often stay for two terms.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
The announcement comes five months after Armitage, from Marsden, won the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2018, arguably the most prestigious accolade in poetry behind the laureateship.
From BBC ● May 10, 2019
The laureateship isn’t a political post, and the poet laureate is explicitly discouraged from commenting on policy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
King said the musician, whose laureateship was announced in October, had “opened the door for a lot of people”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2016
Talking on the subject, I have seen with these eyes the original correspondence with which Prince Albert offered the laureateship to Samuel Rogers.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
