Bible Dictionaries
Laureate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

(2):

(n.) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Laureate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/laureate.html. 1828.