1. (a.) Crowned with laurel or with an honor; as a Nobel laureate\.

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.

A per se Meistersinger Olympic medal winner Parnassian ace arch-poet award winner ballad maker balladmonger bard beat poet boss bucoliast champ champion chief commander crowned with laurel dean distinguished elegist epic poet fili fugleman genius head higher-up honored idyllist imagist jongleur leader librettist major poet maker master medalist minnesinger minor poet minstrel modernist nonpareil occasional poet odist paragon pastoral poet pastoralist poet poet laureate poetress principal prizeman prizetaker prizewinner prodigy rhapsode rhapsodist ruler satirist scop senior skald sonneteer star superior superman superstar symbolist the greatest the most top dog troubadour trouveur trovatore vers libriste vers-librist virtuoso world champion world-record holder