laureate
Syllables: lau·re·ate/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/US/ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/
laureate adjective: crowned, or decked, with laurel.
Adjective
laureate (not comparable)
- Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
- To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC
- Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC
Noun
laureate (plural laureates)
- One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
- a learn'd laureatea. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson
- Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- honoree
- A graduate of a university.
Verb
UK/ˈlɒɹ.i.eɪt/US/ˈlɔ.ɹi.eɪt/
laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)
- To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
laureate meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
laureate in Tamil
- அரசவைக் கவி, அரசவைப்பாவலர், விருது பெற்றவர்
laureate in Urdu
- مانا ہوا
laureate in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತ, ಮುದಿಪು ಪಡೆದ, ಆಸ್ಥಾನ ಕವಿ
Examples of laureate in a sentence
- The British Nobel laureate John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) explained the phenomenon in the 19th century.
- In emailed comments supporting the new initiative, the laureate professor Noam Chomsky said: “Humans are marching towards a precipice.
- The Nobel laureate Octavio Paz is said to have had it that Spanglish is “neither good, nor bad, but abominable.”
Synonyms of laureate
Forms of laureate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | laureates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | laureates |
| present participle | laureating |
| past participle | laureated |
| past | laureated |
Origin of laureate
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.
Words formed from laureate
Phrases with laureate
Questions about laureate
- What does laureate mean?
- Laureate means crowned, or decked, with laurel.
- What is laureate in Tamil?
- Laureate in Tamil is அரசவைக் கவி, அரசவைப்பாவலர், விருது பெற்றவர். See Laureate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is laureate?
- Laureate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce laureate?
- Laureate is pronounced /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/ (UK).
Words near laureate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: laureate (page history and authors); laureate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laureate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laureate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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