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   laureate

   /ˈlɔːrɪət/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement: "a Nobel laureate"
   • ▪ short for Poet Laureate

   adjective

   • 1. wreathed with laurel as a mark of honour. literary
   • ▪ (of a crown or wreath) consisting of laurel. literary

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin laureatus, from laurea ‘laurel wreath’, from laurus ‘laurel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laureateship noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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