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Definition laureate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

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

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
2. A graduate of a university.

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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