Laureate — Defs

01 a. Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

1.
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
“To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.” — Milton.

“Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.” — Pope.

Phrases & compounds

Poet laureate — 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.

02 n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

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.

03 v. i. 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

1.
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.