dignitary
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or positionAn important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
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» The dignitary drove a very fancy car.
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Examples
4 sentencesThe dignitary drove a very fancy car.
When I fart and the dignitaries begin laughing at me, draw your swords.
ruКогда я пукну, и сановники начнут смеяться надо мной, обнажите мечи. — shmakozyabrik
Even Chinese dignitaries were invited to visit the monument.
Meaning
1 sensesAn important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
Würdenträger, Würdenträgerin
сано́вникsanóvnik
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
Origin
Borrowed from French dignitaire.Borrowed from French dignitaire.
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Forms
plural: dignitaries| Singular | dignitary |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an important or influential (and often overbearing) person:very important personVIPhigh-uppanjandrum
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.