Antonyms for laureates

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : lawr-ee-it, lor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔr i ɪt, ˈlɒr-

Definition of laureates

Origin : late 14c., from Latin laureatus "crowned with laurels," from laurea "laurel crown" (emblematic of victory or distinction in poetry), from fem. of laureus "of laurel," from laurus "laurel." Laureat poete first found in "Canterbury Tales" (form with the noun before the adjective, in imitation of Latin word order, is from c.1400 in English); the first official one was probably Ben Jonson (1638), though the first recorded one was Dryden (1668). Extended to Nobel prize winners, 1947. As a noun, 1520s, from the adjective. Related: Laureateship.

As in poet laureate : noun honored poet
As in decorate : verb honor and give medal
As in grace : verb beautify, embellish

Example sentences :

The verses of his laureates were modelled after the most approved classical adulation.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume I (of 3) » by James Dennistoun

But if we proceed from Apollo, our chapter on laureates will be longer than the tail of a comet.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No.394, August, 1848 » by Various

We began with the earliest of laureates and the latest,—Apollo and the venerable Wordsworth,—and with them we will conclude.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No.394, August, 1848 » by Various

Neither the laughing little streams nor the more majestic and historic waterways have ever yet found their laureates.
Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham

The laureates are wonderful fellows, many of them, I imagine, decayed music-hall men.
Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke

And then, perhaps, we shall go on to our laureates dream of the federation of the world!
Extract from : « Down the River to the Sea » by Agnes Maule Machar

Nor, as may easily be seen, is the fundamental conception of the twelfth century romance to the Laureates taste.
Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt

The perplexities which beset the modern reader of the Queste are reflected in the Laureates retelling of the legend.
Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt

Certainly, no one of the Laureates, Cibber excepted, was so mercilessly lampooned.
Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 » by Various

Sternhold and Hopkins were his Laureates, for perpetually on all kinds of wings of mighty winds he came flying all abroad.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 » by Various

Synonyms for laureates

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