Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person of high rank or position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds an exalted rank or office; especially, an ecclesiastic who ranks higher than a priest or canon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
important orinfluential person, or one of highrank orposition
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
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Examples
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Palace when the promoter, Bob Arum, introduced him to a visiting dignitary from the South Korean Boxing Federation – Lieutenant General
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A boy of a foreign dignitary is almost killed while in Gotham City, and Batman recieves unexpected aid from Green Arrow.
July 2006 2006
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Standing up and interrupting the speech of a visiting dignitary is not the place nor the time.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A boy of a foreign dignitary is almost killed while in Gotham City, and Batman recieves unexpected aid from Green Arrow.
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Chase: “Standing up and interrupting the speech of a visiting dignitary is not the place nor the time.”
Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006
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One day, after having completed five surgeries, I picked up my wife and drove to a formal dinner being held in Manhattan in honor of a titled dignitary.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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One day, after having completed five surgeries, I picked up my wife and drove to a formal dinner being held in Manhattan in honor of a titled dignitary.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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Manx, the millionnaire, was an acquaintance of the new Judge and titled dignitary, Sir Cramborne Wathin, and she visited Lady Wathin, at whose table the report in the journals of the Nile-boat party was mentioned.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Her uncle, Mr. Quintin Manx, the millionnaire, was an acquaintance of the new Judge and titled dignitary, Sir Cramborne Wathin, and she visited Lady Wathin, at whose table the report in the journals of the Nile-boat party was mentioned.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Her uncle, Mr. Quintin Manx, the millionnaire, was an acquaintance of the new Judge and titled dignitary, Sir Cramborne Wathin, and she visited Lady Wathin, at whose table the report in the journals of the Nile-boat party was mentioned.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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