Laureate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Laureate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Laureate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
laureate adj worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub n someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. [bd]A learned laureate.[b8] --Cleveland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laureate \Lau"re*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laureated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laureating}.] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laureate \Lau"reate\, a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. laur[82]at. Cf. {Laurel}.] 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.]