Definition/Meaning of laureate

• English - Adjective: laureate ( not comparable ) 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 . Translations Derived terms poet laureate Nobel laureate
• English - Noun: laureate ( plural laureates ) ( dated ) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate . Cleveland A learned laureate . A graduate of a university . Translations
• English - 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
• English - Related terms: lauraceous laurel laurestine lauriferous
• English - External links: 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