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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lau•re•ate /ˈlɔriɪt, ˈlɑr-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:a Nobel laureate.
adj. [after a noun] - deserving or having special recognition for achievement:a poet laureate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lau•re•ate (lôr′ē it, lor′-),USA pronunciation n. - a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:a Nobel laureate.
- See poet laureate.
adj. - deserving or having special recognition for achievement, as for poetry (often used immediately after the noun that is modified):poet laureate; conjurer laureate.
- having special distinction or recognition in a field:the laureate men of science.
- crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
- consisting of or resembling laurel, as a wreath or crown.
- Latin laureātus crowned with laurel, equivalent. to laure(us) of laurel (laur(us) bay tree + -eus -eous) + -ātus -ate1
- 1350–1400; Middle English;
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