Meanings
right honourable1
adjectiveright honourable (not comparable)
alternative Right Honourable · alternative right honorable · alternative Right Honorable
- not comparableA 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.
I have in honourable and right honourable gentlemen opposite an admirable example of how to cut the painter of a similar league, with the maximum of political advancement, and the minimum of fidelity to a founder.
1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906
Right Honourable2
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of right honourable.
Translations
Catalan molt honorable senyor, molt honorable senyora
- molt honorable senyorpolitics
- molt honorable senyorapolitics
Dutch hoogedelgestreng
- hoogedelgestrengpolitics
French très honorable
- très honorablepolitics
Italian onorevole
- onorevolepolitics
Malay Yang Berhormat
- Yang Berhormatpolitics
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Chicago
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