Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.

Roget 733: trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels; bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown; insignia etc. 550; feather in one's cap etc. (honor) 873; decoration etc. 877; garland, triumphal arch, Victoria Cross, Iron Cross.    triumph etc. (celebration) 883; flying colors etc. (show) 882.    monumentum aere perennius [Horace]. ... meer laten zien

Roget 877: title, honor; knighthood etc. (nobility) 875.    highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr.   , signor, senor, Mein Herr [G.], mynheer^†; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name.    decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one's cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, cockade; livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward etc. 973.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: laurier

United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965).

synoniemen: Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Stan Laurel.

antiquity A wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.

synoniemen: bay wreath, laurel wreath.

Pools: wieniec laurowy