laureate
pronunciation
How to pronounce laureate in British English:
UK [ˈlɒriət]
How to pronounce laureate in American English:
US [ˈlɔriət]
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- Noun:
- someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
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- Adjective:
- worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
Word Origin
- laureate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Latin laureatus "crowned with laurels," from laurea "laurel crown" (emblematic of victory or distinction in poetry), from fem. of laureus "of laurel," from laurus "laurel." Laureat poete first found in "Canterbury Tales" (form with the noun before the adjective, in imitation of Latin word order, is from c. 1400 in English); the first official one was probably Ben Jonson (1638), though the first recorded one was Dryden (1668). Extended to Nobel prize winners, 1947. As a noun, 1520s, from the adjective. Related: Laureateship.
Example
- 1. Not in its presentation , not in its press release , not in its interview with the laureate .
- 2. Even a nobel laureate was not able to give a convincing answer to that question .
- 3. For his work in several branches of the dismal science he became the first american economics nobel laureate .
- 4. And gary becker , another nobel laureate and the economic emperor himself , also holds a sociology professorship .
- 5. Chu is a man who knows a lot , nobel laureate in physics , our nation 's 12th secretary of energy .