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What’s a laureate?
A classicist explains the word’s roots in Ancient Greek victors winning crowns of laurel leaves
When the Nobel Prizes are handed out each year, honorees each receive a medal and monetary prize.
- Joel Christensen
- The Conversation
Even in the absence of these material goods, the honor of being a Nobel laureate persists …