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Definition of Laureate
Laureate
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 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

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

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

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

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

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.
Rita Dove

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

My name was originally John Collins, but I just didn't think it had the flair I needed. I found out the poet laureate of Poland was named Krasinski and so it seemed like a shoe-in for show business.
John Krasinski

The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.
Steven T. Katz



Laureate Translations
laureate in Latin is laureatus
laureate in Spanish is laureado


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