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Definitions for: Laureate
[n] someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
[adj] worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
Webster (1913) Definition: Lau"re*ate, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree,
fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur['e]at.
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.
Poet laureate.
(b) 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. [Obs.]
(b) 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. [Eng.]
Lau"re*ate, n.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. ``A learned
laureate.'' --Cleveland.
Lau"re*ate, v. 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.
Synonyms: honorable, honourable
See Also: honoree, Nobel Laureate, Nobelist, Poet Laureate
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