laureate

CEFRC1

/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/

noun · adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who has received a special award for achievement.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A graduate of a university.

Examples

  • Itzhak Rabin was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for the year 1994.

  • Professor Reinhard Selten, Nobel laureate in economics, said: Esperanto is good for the mind.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

More examples

In context

  • Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.

  • To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.

  • Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.