"Laureate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In English lnw. An officer of the household of the sovereign, whose business formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on the sovereign’s birth* day, and on the new year; sometimes also, though rarely, on occasion of any remarkable victory

Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.

To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done
in bestowing a degree at the English universities.