laureate

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English

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Pronunciation

IPA /ˈlɒ.ɹi.ət/

Noun

laureate noun

One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
A graduate of a university.

Verb

laureate verb

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

Adjective

laureate adjective

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

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Synonyms

honourable honorable hearse prizewinner prize victor holder winning winner awardee premium recipient graduate reward price nobel

Associated

salam seamus tennyson poet duffy physiology physicist economist poets poetry

Rhymes

baccalaureate loriot allegory it anticipatory it category it euphoria it glory it inventory it laboratory it oratory it

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