English-Thai Dictionary

laureate

N ผู้ สมควร ได้รับ เกียรติยศ  phu-som-kuan-dai-rab-kiad-ti-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAUREATE

a.[L. laureatus, from laurea, a laurel. ] Decked or invested with laurel; as laureate hearse.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Poet laureate, in Great Britain, an officer of the king's household, whose business is to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and for the new year. It is said this title was first given him in the time of Edward IV.

 

LAUREATE

v.t.To honor with a degree in the university, and a present of a wreath of laurel.

 

LAUREATED

pp. Honored with a degree and a laurel wreath.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAUREATE

Lau "re *ate, a. Etym: [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. lauréat. Cf. Laurel. ]

 

Defn: Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer. To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton. Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope. Poet laureate. (b ) One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. [Obs. ] (b ) Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. [Eng. ]

 

LAUREATE

LAUREATE Lau "re *ate, n.

 

Defn: One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. "A learned laureate. " Cleveland.

 

LAUREATE

Lau "re *ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laureated; p. pr. & vb. n.Laureating.]

 

Defn: To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.

 

LAUREATESHIP

LAUREATESHIP Lau "re *ate *ship, n.

 

Defn: State, or office, of a laureate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

laureate

lau re ate |ˈlôrē -it, ˈlär -ˈlɔriɪt | ▶noun a person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement: a Nobel laureate. • short for poet laureate. ▶adjective literary wreathed with laurel as a mark of honor. • (of a crown or wreath ) consisting of laurel. DERIVATIVES lau re ate ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from Latin laureatus, from laurea ‘laurel wreath, ’ from laurus ‘laurel. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

laureate

laureate |ˈlɒrɪət, ˈlɔː -| ▶noun a person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement: a Nobel laureate. • short for Poet Laureate. ▶adjective literary wreathed with laurel as a mark of honour. • (of a crown or wreath ) consisting of laurel. DERIVATIVES laureateship noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from Latin laureatus, from laurea ‘laurel wreath ’, from laurus ‘laurel ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

laureate

lau re ate /lɔ́ːriət /名詞 C 1 栄誉を与えられた人, (大きな賞の )受賞者 ▸ a Nobel laureate ノーベル賞受賞者 2 桂 （けい ）冠詩人 (｟英 ｠Poet Laureate ).形容詞 月桂冠を与えられた, 栄誉を与えられた .～ship 名詞