Laureate
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
or LAUREAT. An ofiicer of the English sovereign. His duty formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on the sovereign’s birthday, and on the New Year; sometimes also, though rarely, on occasions of any remarkable victory. The annual birthday ode has been discontinued since the conclusion of the reign of George