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Like some ancient Greek victors
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laureled
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Word definitions for laureled in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory [syn: laurelled , crowned ] [ant: unlaureled ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laureled \Lau"reled\, a. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
Usage examples of laureled.
Another favorite was gone, as was my best-remembered of the outbuildings: a whitewashed combination toolshed/torture-chamber between the woodhouse and the privy in the slaves' quarters, where in my tenth year a laureled, loose-toga'd lady, my music teacher, whom I'd threatened to punish for cracking my knuckles with a ruler, had led me, put aside her five-stringed lyre among the rakes and dusty amphorae, knelt sweating to embrace my knees, and -- while bees droned in the lattice as if on an ordinary summer afternoon -- purchased clemency at a surprising price set by herself.