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honourable

/ˈɑnɚəbəl/

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What does honourable mean?

adjective

  1. UK standard spelling of honorable.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of honourable.

noun

  1. UK standard spelling of honorable.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɑnɚəbəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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O, I could divide myself, and go to buffets, for moving such a dish of skim milk with so honourable an action!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
“I own I didn’t think of that way! … But suppose he isn’t honourable? A woman had better not have tried it!”
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
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"I am very much interested in the educational system of your honourable country, and especially in your method of conducting girls' schools."
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523
Anglesey, or Mona, has given birth to many illustrious men, but few, upon the whole, entitled to more honourable mention than himself.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Upright, honourable, capable, and conscientious in the extreme -- such is the memory we retain of Frederick A. Cook from those days.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414