laureate
/ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A graduate of a university.
Example Sentences
- "To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies."
- "Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines."
- "Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,"
- "a learn'd laureate"
- "Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee."
Etymology
First attested during the end of the 15th century, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin laureātus, from laurea (“laurel crown, wreath”, a high reward given to poets and later to the triumphant) + -ātus (forming adjectives indicating possession) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). The verb was formed by metanalysis, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lauréat.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɔ.ɹi.ət/
- British English: /ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/