: 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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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is now in a similarly precarious position, as her health deteriorates within the confines of Iran’s notorious prison system.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The works have also been rarely seen by anyone one than campus staff, visitors, and leading scientists, among them 26 Nobel laureates in medicine and chemistry.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Prior to its discovery by the laureates Victor Ambros of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester and Gary Ruvkun of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, scientists had an incomplete understanding of the process that controls how cells make proteins.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is now in a similarly precarious position, as her health deteriorates within the confines of Iran’s notorious prison system.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
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
The works have also been rarely seen by anyone one than campus staff, visitors, and leading scientists, among them 26 Nobel laureates in medicine and chemistry.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Laureate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laureate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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