laureate

[ lawr-ee-it, lor- ]

noun

1. a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:

   a Nobel laureate.

2. poet laureate.

adjective

1. deserving or having special recognition for achievement, as for poetry (often used immediately after the noun that is modified):

   poet laureate; conjurer laureate.

2. having special distinction or recognition in a field:

   the laureate men of science.

3. crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor.
4. consisting of or resembling laurel, as a wreath or crown.

laureate

/ ˌlɔːrɪˈeɪʃən; ˈlɔːrɪɪt /

adjective

1. literary.
   crowned with laurel leaves as a sign of honour
2. archaic.
   made of laurel

noun

1. short for poet laureate
2. a person honoured with an award for art or science

   a Nobel laureate

3. rare.
   a person honoured with the laurel crown or wreath

Derived Forms

• laureation, noun
• ˈlaureateˌship, noun

Other Words From

• laure·ate·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laureate¹

1350–1400; Middle English; < Latin laureātus crowned with laurel, equivalent to laure ( us ) of laurel ( laur ( us ) bay tree + -eus -eous ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of laureate¹

C14: from Latin laureātus, from laurea laurel

Example Sentences

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is currently imprisoned in Iran, issued a statement saying she was gravely concerned about the case.

From BBC

Recognized last week by the Swedish Academy “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” Han is the first Asian woman to win the literature Nobel in its 123-year-old history and the second South Korean Nobel laureate.

From Los Angeles Times

Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun was just four years old when she was motivated to act on the issue with her inspiration coming from Kenya's most-famous tree planter and Nobel laureate, Prof Wangari Maathai.

From BBC

She became the first black African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, and was also referred to as the first "green" Nobel laureate.

From BBC

Similarly, the author and Nobel Literature Prize laureate Mo Yan was accused of “beautifying” Japanese soldiers and being unpatriotic in his works by a nationalist blogger, who controversially sued the writer for insulting China.

From BBC