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laureate

See also: lauréate

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “laureate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

Pronunciation

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(adjective, noun)

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɔːɹ.i.ət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹ.i.ət/, /ˈlɑɹ.i.ət/

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Adjective

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laureate (not comparable)

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

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Noun

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laureate (plural laureates)

  1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
  2. A graduate of a university.

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Verb

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laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)

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

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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laureate

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Participle

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laureate f pl

  1. feminine plural of laureato

Etymology 2

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Noun

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laureate f

  1. plural of laureata

Latin

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Adjective

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laureāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of laureātus

Spanish

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Verb

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laureate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of laurear combined with te
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