honourable
See also: Honourable
English
Alternative forms
- (politics): Honourable
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
- (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/
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- Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able
Adjective
honourable (comparative more honourable, superlative most honourable)
- (Britain, Canada) Alternative form of honorable
- 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474
- It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
- 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474
Derived terms
- (honorable): honourably
Adjective
honourable (not comparable)
- (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) A courtesy title applied to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator
Derived terms
- (politics): right honourable
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