Honour

Definitions

1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
   countable, uncountable
2. A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.

Equivalents

Examples

“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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