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Webster 1913 Edition


Laureate

Lau′re-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
laureatus
, fr.
laurea
laurel tree, fr.
laureus
of laurel, fr.
laurus
laurel: cf. F.
lauréat
. Cf.
Laurel
.]
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
Chaucer.
To strew the
laureate
hearse where Lycid lies.
Milton.
Soft on her lap her
laureate
son reclines.
Pope.

Lau′re-ate

,
Noun.
1.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
“A learned laureate.”
Cleveland.

Lau′re-ate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Laureate

LAU'REATE

,
Adj.
[L. laureatus, from laurea, a laurel.]
Decked or invested with laurel; as laureate hearse.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Poet laureate, in Great Britain, an officer of the king's household, whose business is to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and for the new year. It is said this title was first given him in the time of Edward IV.

LAU'REATE

,
Verb.
T.
To honor with a degree in the university, and a present of a wreath of laurel.

Definition 2024


laureate

laureate

See also: lauréate

English

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

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Derived terms

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

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

Translations

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.

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Related terms


French

Noun

laureate m, f (plural laureates)

  1. Alternative form of lauréat

Italian

Adjective

laureate

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Noun

laureate f

  1. plural of laureata

Verb

laureate

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Latin

Adjective

laureāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus