Synonyms:
laureate
Meaning: worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
laureate
Meaning: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
Usage examples
Mr. Peacock is an American poet, and Professor Thomas Danleigh Supplee, A.M., Ph.D., F.R.S., who has written a preface to his Poems of the Plains and Songs of the Solitudes, tells us that he is entitled to be called the Laureate of the West.