Laureate

a.	1.	Crowned, or decked, with laurel. 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. 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. c - A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most pre-eminent poet of a country or region; as, the poet laureate of the United States.
n.	1.	One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
	2.	A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement; as, a Nobel laureate; the Pris de Rome laureate; the Music Director Laureate; the conductor laureate.
v. i.	1.	To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities. [imp. & p. p. Laureated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Laureating .]

Noun	1.	laureate - someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
Adj.	1.	laureate - worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub

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