laureate
adjective
- Winner of an award or winner in a competition
noun
- winner of a major award
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/ / /ˈlɔːɹ.i.ət/ / /ˈlɔɹ.i.ət/ / /ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/ / /ˈlɔːɹ.i.eɪt/ / /ˈlɔɹ.i.eɪt/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
“To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.”
“Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
“a learn'd laureate”
“Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.”
- A graduate of a university.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.