honour

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Scrabble points
9
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10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɒnə(ɹ)/

Definition of honour

4 senses · 4 parts of speech

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
    “Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.”
    “The lorde of the honour or manour”
    “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.”
    “And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.”
    “Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
    “Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.”
    “The lorde of the honour or manour”
    “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.”
    “And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.”
    “Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.”

verb

  1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

intj

  1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

name

  1. A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.

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