Definition of "accolade" []

• An expression of approval; praise. (noun)
• A special acknowledgment; an award. (noun)
• A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation. (noun)
• Ceremonial bestowal of knighthood. (noun)
• To praise or honor: "His works are invariably accoladed as definitive even as they sparkle and spark” ( Malcolm S. Forbes). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In all seven divisions where he claimed some title accolade, he can only be caught arguably cherry picking once in the seven."
• ""What makes this a special honor or accolade is it is a genre picture, and typically they are celebrated more by audiences than they are by critics," he said."
• "For example, Lib Dem leader Ming Campbell has broken new ground in becoming the first party leader to join the hip social networking website Facebook, racking up well over a thousand ‘friends’, and earning an accolade from the Daily Mirror as the politician with the best online presence."