right honourable
right honourable adjective: a courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.
Adjective (1)
right honourable (not comparable)
- A courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.
- A 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
Adjective (2) capitalized: Right Honourable
Right Honourable
- Alternative letter-case form of right honourable.
right honourable meaning in Malay
right honourable in Malay
- politics
- Yang Berhormat
Forms of right honourable
| alternative form | Right Honourable |
|---|---|
| alternative form | right honorable |
| alternative form | Right Honorable |
Words formed from right honourable
- Right Hon
- Rt. Hon.
Questions about right honourable
- What does right honourable mean?
- Right honourable means a courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.
- What is right honourable in Malay?
- Right honourable in Malay is Yang Berhormat. See Right honourable meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is right honourable?
- Right honourable is an adjective.
Words near right honourable in the dictionary
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