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   Laureate (?), a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. lauréat.  Cf. Laurel.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel.  Chaucer.
   
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   To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton.
   
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   Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope.
   
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   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. [Obs.] (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. [Eng.] (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”.
   
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   Laureate, n.
   1. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. “A learned laureate.”  Cleveland.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Laureate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laureated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Laureating (?).] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
   
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