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Definition of Laureate
1. Adjective. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction. "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"
2. Noun. Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath.
Definition of Laureate
1. a. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
2. n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
3. v. i. To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
Definition of Laureate
1. Adjective. Crowned, or decked, with laurel. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate ¹
3. Noun. A graduate of a university ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laureate
1. to laurel [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] - See also: laurel
Medical Definition of Laureate
1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel. "To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies." (Milton) "Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines." (Pope) Poet laureate. 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. 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. Origin: L. Laureatus, fr. Laurea laurel tree, fr. Laureus of laurel, fr. Laurus laurel: cf. F. Laureat. Cf. Laurel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laureate
Literary usage of Laureate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1892)
"WHO is TO BE laureate? IF the example previously set is followed, there will be a
... Matthew Arnold, had he lived, would probably have been the laureate, ..."
2. Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters. by William Hazlitt (1819)
"THE LAY OF THE laureate, CARMEN NUPTIALE, by Robert Southey, Esq. Poet-laureate,
Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, and of the Royal Spanish Academy of ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"THE laureate William Aytoun. WHO would not be The laureate bold, With his butt
of sherry To ... 'T is I would be the laureate bold ! When the days are hot, ..."
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