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[ on-er ] / ˈɒn ər /
noun, verb (used with object), adjective Chiefly British.usage note for honourSee -or1. Words nearby honourhonors course, honor society, honors of war, honor system, honor trick, honour, honourable, honourable discharge, honour killing, Honour Moderations, honours Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for honourCRISPR co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna was named a Nobel laureate in Chemistry today, sharing the honour with Emmanuelle Charpentier . Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna shares her perspective on COVID-19 and CRISPR|Darrell Etherington|October 7, 2020|TechCrunch Harry was guest of honour at youth empowerment charity We Day, and sat with his girlfriend Cressida in the audience. Cressida At Harry's Side At Official Event - Engagement Rumors Ramp Up!|Tom Sykes|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The honour is within the personal gift of Her Majesty and is the highest order of chivalry in the land. Naughty Harry Passed Over for Order of Garter|Tom Sykes|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST “They forced us to pick up guns to defend our honour,” he said. The Last Days of the Americans in Afghanistan|William Dalrymple|April 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This was reported by the Toronto Sun, which quoted Councillor Joe Mihevc as saying: “He did not do honour to our good city.” How Rob Ford's Drinking Affects His Work|David Frum|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Now the town of Picton is considering an ambitious new plan to honour Macdonald: a bronze statue of Macdonald as a young lawyer. Let's Properly Honor Canadian Icon John A. Macdonald|David Frum|November 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST Is it indeed true that I was so near to the pleasure and honour of making your acquaintance? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Hide it not for my help, for my honour, but tell me, Lest my time and thy time be lost days and confusion! Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough|William Morris Why, was it not your honour's self that sent us after these salvages? Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion|St. George Tucker They neither gave nor accepted any titles of respect or honour, nor would they call any man master on earth. Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe Let us save, at least, our honour, if we are doomed to lose everything else. Old and New Paris, v. 2|Henry Sutherland Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for honour (1 of 2)
nounpersonal integrity; allegiance to moral principles - fame or glory
- a person or thing that wins this for anotherhe is an honour to the school
(often plural) great respect, regard, esteem, etc, or an outward sign of this (often plural) high or noble rank a privilege or pleasureit is an honour to serve you a woman's virtue or chastity - bridge poker any of the top five cards in a suit or any of the four aces at no trumps
- whist any of the top four cards
golf the right to tee off first do honour to - to pay homage to
- to be a credit to
do the honours - to serve as host or hostess
- to perform a social act, such as carving meat, proposing a toast, etc
honour bright British school slang an exclamation pledging honour in honour bound under a moral obligation in honour of out of respect for on one's honour or upon one's honour on the pledge of one's word or good name verb (tr)to hold in respect or esteem to show courteous behaviour towards to worship to confer a distinction upon to accept and then pay when due (a cheque, draft, etc) to keep (one's promise); fulfil (a previous agreement) to bow or curtsy to (one's dancing partner) Derived forms of honourhonourer or US honorer, nounhonourless or US honorless, adjectiveWord Origin for honourC12: from Old French onor, from Latin honor esteem British Dictionary definitions for honour (2 of 2)
noun(preceded by Your, His, or Her) - a title used to or of certain judges
- (in Ireland) a form of address in general use
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