"courtesy title" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: courtesy titles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} courtesy title (plural courtesy titles)
  1. A person's title that has no legal validity but is used through custom or courtesy, particularly for children of the nobility. Wikipedia link: courtesy title
    Sense id: en-courtesy_title-en-noun-FY-nRKaZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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