laureate

/หˆlษ’.ษนi.ษ™t/

IPA: /L AO1 R IY0 AH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

  2. 2

    A graduate of a university.

verb
  1. 1

    To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

adjective
  1. 1

    (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

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