"right honourable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} right honourable (not comparable)
  1. A courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-right_honourable-en-adj-mZtQb0fv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
  2. A courtesy title applied to a privy counsellor, to the lord mayor of various cities, governor general, and to the prime minister of certain Commonwealth countries. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Titles Translations (politics): hoogedelgestreng (Dutch), très honorable (French)
    Sense id: en-right_honourable-en-adj-H0ax12tb Disambiguation of Titles: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'politics': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Right Honourable, right honorable, Right Honorable Derived forms: Right Hon, Rt. Hon. Related terms: honourable

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for right honourable meaning in English (2.9kB)

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