laureate

See also: lauréate

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laureate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɒ.ɹi.ət/, /ˈlɔːɹ.i.ət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

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

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Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

  1. (dated) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
    • Cleveland
      A learned laureate.
  2. A graduate of a university.

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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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Further reading

  • laureate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • laureate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • laureate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

laureate

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Noun

laureate f

  1. plural of laureata

Verb

laureate

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Latin

Adjective

laureāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus
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