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- adjective Canada Alternative spelling of
honorary . - adjective Common misspelling of
honorary . - adjective US, UK Archaic spelling of
honorary .
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Examples
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The actor, who had studied at The Queen's University Of Belfast, was described as an "honourary Irishman" and he gave a delightful reading on behalf of his old friend and former tutor Seamus Heaney.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Martin Chilton 2012
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Madikizela-Mandela, according to a Cosas banner they carried, is the "honourary" president of the organisation.
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Indeed he would scarcely have been made an "honourary" member of the
Greenwich Village Anna Alice Chapin 1900
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That, and Islam, which he subtly conflates with his skin colour, as if Islam were a kind of honourary race.
Australian Islamist Monitor Pelargonium 2010
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That, and Islam, which he subtly conflates with his skin colour, as if Islam were a kind of honourary race.
Australian Islamist Monitor Pelargonium 2010
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Mount Allison has plans to give Chindigo CEO Heather Reisman an honourary degree.
Movement mounting against Reisman receiving honorary degree 2010
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Margaret Atwood told me this weekend that she was going to be “joining Paris Hilton, eh?” by becoming an honourary Member of the Harvard Lampoon Castle.
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They all deserve honourary mentions, but I think I'll take the Atwood as my fifth pick.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 2) 2009
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On 25 February 1880, Captain and Brevet Major Staples retired on a pension with the honourary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Edith Blair-Staples Steve 2010
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Only in Canada, but you can all be honourary Canadians for the day if you want.
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