different between laureate vs prizer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?.?i.?t/, /?l???.i.?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??.i.?t/, /?l??.i.?t/

Adjective

laureate (not comparable)

1. (sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
   • 2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt

     Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,

Derived terms

• poet laureate
• Nobel laureate

Translations

Noun

laureate (plural laureates)

1. (dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
   • a. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson

     a learn'd laureate

2. A graduate of a university.

Translations

Verb

laureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)

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

Translations

Related terms

• lauraceous
• laurel
• laurestine
• lauriferous

Further reading

• laureate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• laureate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• laureate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

Noun

laureate f

1. plural of laureata

Verb

laureate

1. feminine plural of laureato

Latin

Adjective

laure?te

1. vocative masculine singular of laure?tus

English

Etymology

prize +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

prizer (plural prizers)

1. One who places a high value on something.
2. One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II. ii. 57:

     But value dwells not in particular will; / It holds his estimate and dignity / As well wherein 'tis precious of itself / As in the prizer.

3. (obsolete) One who contends for a prize; a prizefighter; a challenger.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, II. iii. 8:

     Why would you be so fond to overcome / The bonny prizer of the humorous Duke?

   • 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, V. iii.

     Appeareth no man yet to answer the prizer?