honourable

See also: Honourable

English

Alternative forms

(politics): Honourable

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
(General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, IPA^(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/
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Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able

Adjective

honourable (comparative more honourable, superlative most honourable)

(Britain, Canada) Alternative form of honorable
- 1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474
  It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

Derived terms

(honorable): honourably

Adjective

honourable (not comparable)

(Commonwealth of Nations, politics) A courtesy title applied to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator

Derived terms

(politics): right honourable

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