laureate

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1. laureate - Noun

2. laureate - Adjective

3. laureate - Verb

4. laureate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

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

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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. Thornton Wilder

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me. Sun Myung Moon

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about! Rita Dove

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet. Rita Dove

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. Rita Dove

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable. Rita Dove

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