: the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in an art or science
a Nobel laureate
specifically
: poet laureate
lau·re·ate
ˈlȯr-ē-ˌāt 
ˈlär-
laureated; laureating
1
: to crown with or as if with a laurel wreath for excellence or achievement
2
: to appoint to the office of poet laureate
1
: honored for outstanding achievement in an art or science
This was a term coined in the 1950s by Nobel laureate chemist Irving Langmuir …—
Gary Taubes
see also poet laureate
Gary Taubes2
: crowned with laurel
Minted in France in 1807, the front of the medal shows the laureate head of Emperor Napoleon and, on the reverse, an eagle clutching a thunderbolt, part of the emperor's imperial seal.—Brice Stump
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
Led by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva, also a World Food Prize laureate, the initiative will launch next month at the G20 summit.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
For those on the frontlines of the fight against global food insecurity— World Food Prize laureates— this is more than just a minor oversight.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Joining the trip will be former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa, New Yorker contributing writer Robin Wright, and ambassador Beth Jones.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
Led by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva, also a World Food Prize laureate, the initiative will launch next month at the G20 summit.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Literature’s Nobel laureates (Pamuk received his in 2006) are asked to speak worldwide and live well.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
For those on the frontlines of the fight against global food insecurity— World Food Prize laureates— this is more than just a minor oversight.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laureate. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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