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Laureate

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
  2. A graduate of a university.

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Examples

“a learn'd laureate
Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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