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respectables

respectables is the plural of respectable.

Meaning of respectable

Noun

respectable (plural respectables)

  1. A person who is respectable.
    • They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own respectable good pleasure that they withdrew.1872, Thomas Cooper, The Life of Thomas Cooper, page 221

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Questions about respectables

What is respectables the plural of?
Respectables is the plural of respectable.

Words near respectables in the dictionary

  1. respectabilized
  2. respectabilizes
  3. respectabilizing
  4. respectable
  5. respectableness
  6. respectables
  7. respectablize
  8. respectablized
  9. respectablizes
  10. respectablizing
  11. respectably

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