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laurel wreath
(redirected from Laurel crown)

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Noun1.laurel wreath - an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other eventlaurel wreath - an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
medal, decoration, ribbon, medallion, palm
accolade, honor, laurels, honour, award - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
Congressional Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'
Distinguished Service Medal - a United States military decoration for meritorious service in wartime duty of great responsibility
Distinguished Service Cross - a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy
Navy Cross - a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy
Distinguished Flying Cross - a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
Air Medal - a United States Air Force decoration for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight
Silver Star, Silver Star Medal - a United States military decoration for gallantry in action
Bronze Star, Bronze Star Medal - a United States military decoration awarded for meritorious service (except in aerial flight)
Order of the Purple Heart, Purple Heart - a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
Oak Leaf Cluster - a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before
Victoria Cross - a British military decoration for gallantry
Distinguished Conduct Medal - a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field
Distinguished Service Order - a British military decoration for special service in action
Croix de Guerre - a French military decoration for gallantry
Medaille Militaire - a French military decoration
2.laurel wreath - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
bay wreath, laurel
chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath, garland - flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
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He was a military leader turned dictator who had such a complex about his receding hairline that he perfected the Roman comb-over and liked laurel crowns that disguised his bald patch.
Ancient bust of Caesar found in French river by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Mazzotta's essay evaluates Petrarch's Collatio Laureationis, his 1341 speech when he received the laurel crown in Rome.
Petrarca: Canoni, esemplarita by Schildgen, Brenda Deen / Renaissance Quarterly
It can be difficult to take a druid too seriously, especially when he's all kitted up in laurel crown and his grandmother's favourite bedgown, and plenty of spurious claptrap has drifted from the druidic Logan stone into the ethereal never-never land over the years.
All-Welsh twin towns is a magical idea from M[TM]n's leading druid; ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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