Your Majesty
English
Pronoun
- (formal) A title of respect used when addressing a monarch of higher rank than a prince; that is, a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, scene 6:
- All our service,
- In every point twice done and then double done,
- Were poor and single business to contend
- Against whose honors deep and broad wherewith
- Your Majesty loads our house.
- c. 1845, Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte-Cristo, page 59:
- “ Sire,” said Villefort, “ the rapidity of the event must prove to your majesty that God alone can prevent it, by raising a tempest ; what your majesty is pleased to attribute to me as profound perspicacity is simply owing to chance ; and I have profited by that chance, like a good and devoted servant—that's all. Do not attribute to me more than I deserve, sire, that your majesty may never have occasion to recall the first opinion you have been pleased to form of me.”
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, scene 6:
- (informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy.
Usage notes
- This is the second-person form of address. Verbs used with this pronoun as the subject are conjugated in the third person. The forms used in the third person are His Majesty (for a king or emperor) and Her Majesty (for a queen or empress).
- If the reigning monarch is a prince or princess, the form is Your Highness.
- The exact forms vary somewhat from country to country.
Translations
Title of respect
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See also
Third person - female (Her) | Third person - male (His) | Second person (Your) |
Her Britannic Majesty | His Britannic Majesty | Your Britannic Majesty |
Her Excellency | His Excellency | Your Excellency |
Her Highness | His Highness | Your Highness |
Her Imperial Highness | His Imperial Highness | Your Imperial Highness |
Her Imperial Majesty | His Imperial Majesty | Your Imperial Majesty |
Her Maj | His Maj | Your Maj |
Her Majesty | His Majesty | Your Majesty |
Her Royal Highness | His Royal Highness | Your Royal Highness |
Her Royal Majesty | His Royal Majesty | Your Royal Majesty |
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