adj. & n.
--adj.
1. wreathed with laurel as a mark of honour.
2 consisting of laurel; laurel-like.
--n.
1. a person who is honoured for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement (Nobel laureate).
2 Poet Laureate.
Derivatives:
laureateship n.
Etymology: L laureatus f. laurea laurel-wreath f. laurus laurel