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Noun
laureate
Definition: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
Definition: One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
Verb
Definition: To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
Adjective
laureate
Definition: worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
Definition: Crowned, or decked, with laurel.