Right Hon.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɪt ˈɒn/, U.S.

/ˌraɪd ˈɑn/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Right Honourable adj.

Etymology: Shortened < Right Honourable adj., originally as a graphic abbreviation. Compare Hon. adj.¹, Hon. n.¹, Rt. Hon. adj.

A. adj.

As a graphic abbreviation: = Right Honourable adj. (in either sense). Cf. Rt. Hon. adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank

goodOE

worshipful1398

the Greata1413

the Grand1426

honourablea1440

Right Honourable?1449

granda1460

Hon'ble?1541

Hon.1587

Right Hon.1587

Rt. Hon.1660

magnificent1717

1587 G. Whetstone Sir Phillip Sidney sig. B 4 (note) He was marryed to the daughter and heire of the right Hon. Sir Frauncis Walsingham.

1661 in Topographer (1790) 19 I will not obliviate the Right Hon. and late Lord Governour of Berwicke.

1685 Minute 16 Jan. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 376 The right hon. the Lord Viscount Montjoy at this meeting presented an air gun, which performed very well.

1741 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lillput in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 414 The Male-conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vii. 290 She did further rob the said right hon. &c. of a large purse of money.

1819 Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain.

1856 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 273 A Prize founded by the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope.

1914 in W. S. Churchill World Crisis (1923) I. viii. 186 Why cannot the right hon. and learned Gentleman (Sir Edward Carson) say boldly, [etc.].

1966 F. Copleston Hist. Philos. VIII. p. xi The author has pleasure in expressing his gratitude to the Right Hon. the Earl Russell, O.M., for his generous permission to quote from his writings.

1993 Canad. Living Sept. 27/1 The Right Hon. Joe Clark,..former prime minister of Canada.

B. n.

= Right Honourable n.

ΚΠ

1886 G. H. Moore Opening & Proc. Irish Parl. 6 Nearly all the Nationalist members were ‘Right Hons.’ and held office.

1921 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 2) 140 Even a member of the cabinet is not an Hon., though he is a Right Hon. by virtue of membership in the Privy Council.

1995 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 33/1 The council—an earl, a duke, one Hon, two knights and three lords, four of them Right Hons—runs a trust.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Mar. 31 The canopy's elegant supporting struts have been designed..in such a way that all Right Hons taller than about 5ft 10in are obliged..to duck.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right hon
释义	Right Hon.adj.n. Brit. /ˌrʌɪt ˈɒn/, U.S. /ˌraɪd ˈɑn/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Right Honourable adj. Etymology: Shortened < Right Honourable adj., originally as a graphic abbreviation. Compare Hon. adj.¹, Hon. n.¹, Rt. Hon. adj. A. adj. As a graphic abbreviation: = Right Honourable adj. (in either sense). Cf. Rt. Hon. adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank goodOE worshipful1398 the Greata1413 the Grand1426 honourablea1440 Right Honourable?1449 granda1460 Hon'ble?1541 Hon.1587 Right Hon.1587 Rt. Hon.1660 magnificent1717 1587 G. Whetstone Sir Phillip Sidney sig. B 4 (note) He was marryed to the daughter and heire of the right Hon. Sir Frauncis Walsingham. 1661 in Topographer (1790) 19 I will not obliviate the Right Hon. and late Lord Governour of Berwicke. 1685 Minute 16 Jan. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) IV. 376 The right hon. the Lord Viscount Montjoy at this meeting presented an air gun, which performed very well. 1741 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lillput in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 414 The Male-conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vii. 290 She did further rob the said right hon. &c. of a large purse of money. 1819 Ann. Reg. 21/2 The right hon. gentleman went on in this joco-serious strain. 1856 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 273 A Prize founded by the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope. 1914 in W. S. Churchill World Crisis (1923) I. viii. 186 Why cannot the right hon. and learned Gentleman (Sir Edward Carson) say boldly, [etc.]. 1966 F. Copleston Hist. Philos. VIII. p. xi The author has pleasure in expressing his gratitude to the Right Hon. the Earl Russell, O.M., for his generous permission to quote from his writings. 1993 Canad. Living Sept. 27/1 The Right Hon. Joe Clark,..former prime minister of Canada. B. n. = Right Honourable n. ΚΠ 1886 G. H. Moore Opening & Proc. Irish Parl. 6 Nearly all the Nationalist members were ‘Right Hons.’ and held office. 1921 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 2) 140 Even a member of the cabinet is not an Hon., though he is a Right Hon. by virtue of membership in the Privy Council. 1995 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 33/1 The council—an earl, a duke, one Hon, two knights and three lords, four of them Right Hons—runs a trust. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Mar. 31 The canopy's elegant supporting struts have been designed..in such a way that all Right Hons taller than about 5ft 10in are obliged..to duck. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1587
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