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dignitary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French dignitaire.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to dignity.
    • 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:

dignitary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French dignitaire.

Meanings

  1. An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
    • Chinese dignitaries traveled with us from place to place, and when ready to depart from Urumchi, or Tihwa, we were introduced to the high officials who were going along in the plane. 1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission, →OCLC, →OL, page 156:
    • 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. 15 May 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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Translations (42)

el αξιωματούχος (important or influential person) · ja 高官 (important or influential person) · nl hoogwaardigheidsbekleedster (important or influential person) · cmn 要人 (important or influential person) · ca dignatari (important or influential person) · is stórmenni (important or influential person) · it dignitario (important or influential person) · ru сано́вник (important or influential person) · es dignatario (important or influential person) · cmn 高僧 (important or influential person) · egy z:a-H-S20-A51 (important or influential person) · sv dignitär (important or influential person) · hu méltóság (important or influential person) · ja 要人 (important or influential person) · cy urddasolion (important or influential person) · gv ard-ghooinney (important or influential person) · bg сановник (important or influential person) · ko 요인 (important or influential person) · ko 고위 인사 (important or influential person) · ko 고관 (important or influential person) · fi arvohenkilö (important or influential person) · cmn 高官 (important or influential person) · pt dignatário (important or influential person) · pt dignitário (important or influential person) · unm ahinu (important or influential person) · fa عالی رتبه (important or influential person) · fa عالی مقام (important or influential person) · la dignitas (important or influential person) · de Würdenträgerin (important or influential person) · pl dostojnik (important or influential person) · is fyrirmaður (important or influential person) · ro demnitar (important or influential person) · eo altrangulo (important or influential person) · mi paewai (important or influential person) · fi merkkihenkilö (important or influential person) · pl dygnitarz (important or influential person) · fr dignitaire (important or influential person) · de Würdenträger (important or influential person) · gv ard-er (important or influential person) · nl hoogwaardigheidsbekleder (important or influential person) · ja 高僧 (important or influential person) · ko 고관대작 (important or influential person)