honour
see also: Honour
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɒnə(ɹ)/
Noun

honour

  1. Standard spelling of honor
    Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Matthew 13:57 ↗:
      A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.
    • 1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Stanza X”, in Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC ↗, page 14 ↗:
      And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.
Verb

honour (honours, present participle honouring; simple past and past participle honoured)

  1. Standard spelling of honor
Interjection
  1. Standard spelling of honor

Honour
Proper noun
  1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Honor.



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