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Meanings of laurel wreath in English

Portuguese
condecoração
Catalan
medalló
Spanish
medalla
Wikidata

An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.

        condecoração
        Russian
        лавровый венец
        Portuguese
        coroa de louros
        Spanish
        corona de laureles
        Catalan
        corona triomfal
        Wikidata

        Wreath made of branches and leaves of the bay laurel.

              лавровый венец
              Catalan
              laurèola

              (Antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.

                    laurèola
                    Usage of laurel wreath in English
                    1
                    General French can afford to shed one leaf from his laurel wreath.
                    The Great Boer War
                    2
                    You have all sung the laurel wreath without knowing what it is.
                    Light
                    3
                    The greater the danger, the larger the laurel wreath you win inter philosophos.
                    Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
                    4
                    I may invite the neighbours in, and crown myself with a laurel wreath.
                    Bambi
                    5
                    Mr Maskey will lay a laurel wreath two hours before the main event.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    Poised far above you, she holds the laurel wreath ready for the victor.
                    Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts / Descriptive Not...
                    7
                    On that noble brow the laurel wreath he wore looked well.
                    A Thorny Path — Volume 07
                    8
                    The Regiment had added yet another branch to its laurel wreath.
                    "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
                    9
                    Many of them bear the Harrison crest-a demi-lion rampant supporting a laurel wreath.
                    Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
                    10
                    His toga was too long and his laurel wreath was crooked.
                    More William
                    11
                    He was crowned by a laurel wreath by the principal, Sir Alfred Ewing.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    One little icy hand grasped a laurel wreath, also of ice.
                    Barriers Burned Away
                    13
                    It was not mere ambition; cap and bells or laurel wreath!
                    Paul Kelver
                    14
                    One representing Moliere placed the laurel wreath over Dr. Durant's head.
                    The new yorker
                    15
                    I wanted adulation, the laurel wreath and chicks for free.
                    Rock and Ice Magazine
                    16
                    He was dressed in a toga and a laurel wreath.
                    More William
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