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Webster 1913 Edition
Laureate
Lau′re-ate
,Adj.
[L.
laureatus
, fr. laurea
laurel tree, fr. laureus
of laurel, fr. laurus
laurel: cf. F. lauréat
. 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.
Lau′re-ate
,Noun.
1.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
“A learned laureate.” Cleveland.
Lau′re-ate
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Laureate
LAU'REATE
,Adj.
Decked or invested with laurel; as laureate hearse.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Poet laureate, in Great Britain, an officer of the king's household, whose business is to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and for the new year. It is said this title was first given him in the time of Edward IV.
LAU'REATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
laureate
laureate
See also: lauréate
English
Adjective
laureate (not comparable)
- (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
- John Milton
- To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
- Alexander Pope
- Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
- 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt
- Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,
- John Milton
Translations
one crowned with laurel
Derived terms
Noun
laureate (plural laureates)
- (dated) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
- Cleveland
- A learned laureate.
- Cleveland
- A graduate of a university.
Translations
one crowned with laurel
Verb
laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)
- (intransitive) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
Translations
one crowned with laurel
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