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Laureate

//ˈlɔɹ.i.ət// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crowned, or decked, with laurel. not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes

    "To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies."

Adjective
  1. 1
    worthy of the greatest honor or distinction wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate. dated

    "a learn'd laureate"

  2. 2
    someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath wordnet
  3. 3
    A graduate of a university.
Verb
  1. 1
    To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.

Etymology 2

First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.

Etymology 3

First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.

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