laureate
(adjective) worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; “The nation’s pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag”- James Traub
laureate
(noun) someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
laureate (not comparable)
(sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
laureate (plural laureates)
(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
A graduate of a university.
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Lau"re*ate, a. Etym: [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. lauréat. Cf. Laurel.]
Definition: Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer. To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton. Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope. Poet laureate. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [Obs.] (b) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. [Eng.]
Lau"re*ate, n.
Definition: One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. "A learned laureate." Cleveland.
Lau"re*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laureated; p. pr. & vb. n. Laureating.]
Definition: To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 September 2024
(adjective) shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; “a trained mind”; “trained pigeons”; “well-trained servants”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
