Definition of laureate Laureate

/lɔˈɹiʌt/ - [loreeut] - lau•re•ate

We found 11 definitions of laureate from 5 different sources.

What does laureate mean?

Noun Plural: laureates
laureate - someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
		honoree a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments
		nobel laureate, nobelist winner of a Nobel prize
Adjective laureate, laureater, laureatest
laureate - worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub

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laureate (Noun)
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate .
laureate (Noun)
A graduate of a university.
laureate (Verb)
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
laureate (Adjective)
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

laureate (a.)
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
laureate (n.)
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
laureate (v. i.)
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

laureate
law′re-āt, adj. crowned with laurel.—n. one crowned with laurel: a poet-laureate.—v.t. to crown with laurel, in token of literary merit: to confer a degree upon.—ns. Lau′reateship, office of a laureate; Laureā′tion, act of laureating or conferring a degree; Pō′et-lau′reate, formerly one who received a degree in grammar (i.e. poetry and rhetoric) at the English universities: a poet bearing that honorary title, a salaried officer in the royal household, appointed to compose annually an ode for the king's birthday and other suitable occasions