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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: laureatus 'crowned with laurel', from laurus; LAUREL

laureate

 noun
     
lau‧re‧ate [countable]
someone who has been given an important prize or honour, especially the Nobel Prize:
Nigeria's Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka
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