dignitary
/ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/
dignitary noun: an important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
Noun
dignitary (plural dignitaries)
- 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
Adjective
dignitary (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 meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
dignitary in Tamil
- உயர் பதவியாளர், உயர் பொறுப்பாளர், உயர் யாளர், உயர்நிலையாளர், கனவான், பிரமுகர்
dignitary in Urdu
- dignitary, governor
- خواجہ xāja
dignitary in Malayalam
- ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ളവൻ, കുലീനൻ, മഹാൻ, വിശിഷ്ടവ്യക്തി, പ്രതാപമുള്ളവൻ
dignitary in Kannada
- ಗಣ್ಯವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ, ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ, ಉನ್ನತಾಧಿಕಾರಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- dignitary in Persian
- عالی رتبه, عالی مقام
Forms of dignitary
| plural | dignitaries |
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Origin of dignitary
Borrowed from French dignitaire.
Questions about dignitary
- What does dignitary mean?
- Dignitary means an important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
- What is dignitary in Tamil?
- Dignitary in Tamil is உயர் பதவியாளர், உயர் பொறுப்பாளர், உயர் யாளர். See Dignitary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dignitary?
- Dignitary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dignitary?
- Dignitary is pronounced /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dignitary?
- The plural of dignitary is dignitaries.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dignitary (page history and authors); dignitary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خواجہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); dignitary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dignitary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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