dignitary
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/
dignitary (plural dignitaries)
- An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)
- It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica (in The Guardian, 15 May 2013)
- French: dignitaire
- German: Würdenträger, Würdenträgerin
- Portuguese: dignitário, dignatário
- Russian: сано́вник
- Spanish: dignatario
dignitary (not comparable)
- Relating to dignity.
- 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury (page 140)
- The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]
- 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury (page 140)
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