laureate

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noun lau·re·ate \ ˈlȯr-ē-ət , ˈlär- \

Definition of laureate

:the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in an art or science

a Nobel laureate

; specifically :poet laureate

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laureate

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laureateship

play \ˈlȯr-ē-ət-ˌship, ˈlär-\ noun

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Recent Examples of laureate from the Web

The allegations have been staunchly denied by Salk President Elizabeth Blackburn, a Nobel laureate.

— gary robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Salk faces 'daunting' need for money despite big success with donors," 25 Aug. 2017
RELATED: James Levine reflects on his new role as Ravinia's conductor laureate: 'Everything feels right' »

— alan g. artner, chicagotribune.com, "Grant Park Orchestra moves indoors, to success," 5 Aug. 2017
FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky recites one of his poems on stage at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J.

— Washington Post, "Wicked good poems: Boston gets its 1st anthology of poetry," 27 July 2017
The government does not want people to mourn for Liu Xiaobo, a late Nobel laureateThe Chinese government got rid of Liu Xiaobo in hugger-mugger.

— The Economist, "Their virtues we write in waterFurtive last rites for a political prisoner," 20 July 2017
Blackburn, a Nobel laureate, became Salk’s leader in January 2016.

— meredith wadman, Science | AAAS, "Salk Institute under fire for ‘smear’ on women suing it for discrimination," 19 July 2017
Julia Morris Paul, an elder law attorney in Manchester, was named that city's first poet laureate in 2014.

— hartford courant, courant.com, "Loss And Affirmation: The Poems Of Julia Morris Paul," 18 July 2017
The government is in the midst of preparing for a sensitive party congress while Chinese censors this week revved up a sprawling effort to scrub all mention of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died Thursday in government custody.

— gerry shih, The Seattle Times, "China users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears," 18 July 2017
Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese political prisoner and Nobel peace laureate, died at the age of 61.

— The Economist, "Politics this week," 13 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of laureate

Middle English, crowned with laurel as a distinction, from Latin laureatus, from laurea laurel wreath, from feminine of laureus of laurel, from laurus

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First Known Use: circa 1529

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