laureate

5 definitions found

laureate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, n.
     1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. "A learned
        laureate." --Cleveland.
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     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.
        [PJC]

  Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laureated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Laureating.]
     To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in
     bestowing a degree at the English universities.
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  Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree,
     fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur['e]at.
     Cf. Laurel.]
     Crowned, or decked, with laurel. --Chaucer.
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           To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
                                                    --Milton.
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           Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. --Pope.
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     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. [Obs.]
     (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. [Eng.]
     (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.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

laureate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  laureate
      adj 1: worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The
             nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down
             his black bag"- James Traub
      n 1: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively
           someone crowned with a laurel wreath

laureate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "laureate":
     A per se, Meistersinger, Olympic medal winner, Parnassian, ace,
     arch-poet, award winner, ballad maker, balladmonger, bard,
     beat poet, boss, bucoliast, champ, champion, chief, commander,
     crowned with laurel, dean, distinguished, elegist, epic poet, fili,
     fugleman, genius, head, higher-up, honored, idyllist, imagist,
     jongleur, leader, librettist, major poet, maker, master, medalist,
     minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel, modernist, nonpareil,
     occasional poet, odist, paragon, pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet,
     poet laureate, poetress, principal, prizeman, prizetaker,
     prizewinner, prodigy, rhapsode, rhapsodist, ruler, satirist, scop,
     senior, skald, sonneteer, star, superior, superman, superstar,
     symbolist, the greatest, the most, top dog, troubadour, trouveur,
     trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist, virtuoso, world champion,
     world-record holder