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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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.
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Blackburn, a Nobel laureate, became Salk’s leader in January 2016.
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Julia Morris Paul, an elder law attorney in Manchester, was named that city's first poet laureate in 2014.
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As laureate, Huston roams the state to encourage poetry reading and writing.
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Spend an evening with Kentucky’s new poet laureate, Frederick Smock, on Tuesday, July 11 at the Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St. Smock is a Louisville native and a professor of English at Bellarmine University.
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News of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ill health made for an additional focal point.
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By DIDI TANG, Associated Press BEIJING -- Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been transferred to a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his former lawyer said Monday.
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Beijing (AP) -- Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been transferred to a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, authorities and his friends say.
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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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According to Von Holten, most applicants, including Rabas and McHenry, do not make poet laureate on their first attempt.
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Peter Singer is professor of bioethics at Princeton University and laureate professor at the University of Melbourne.
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Origin and Etymology of laureate
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LAUREATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: someone who has won an important prize or honor for achievement in an art or science
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