Used as an official or courtesy title or form of address, esp. for certain high officials, the children of certain ranks of the peerage, and MPs…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] > courtesy title (6) honourablea1440 Used as an official or courtesy title or form of address, esp. for certain high officials, the children of certain ranks of the peerage, and MPs… master1489 Used as a title by the male heir apparent or presumptive to a Scottish peerage; usually with of and the specific title of the family. Similarly… Hon'ble?1541 = honourable, adj. 5. Now chiefly South Asian. monsieur1598 With omission of the name, or in substitution for it: a title of courtesy for or form of address to a French-speaking man. Also used in… curiality1641 = courtesy, n. 3 4. courtesy title1840 Hence courtesy title: a title of no legal validity given by social custom or courtesy; esp. applied to the territorial titles given to the eldest… |
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