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Meanings of dignitary in English

Portuguese
dignitário
Catalan
personalitat
Spanish
personalidad

An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.

dignitário
Catalan
dignatari

Person granted an honorary title by a monarch or other political leader.

Related terms
dignatari
Usage of dignitary in English
1
The dignitary retired, and the king was left alone in his apartment.
The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon
2
Presently the dignitary returned the picture and raised his head from thought.
Ronicky Doone
3
Then the doctor was hastily summoned by telephone; the dignitary was collapsing.
The Seven Who Were Hanged
4
If a foreign dignitary arrives, the flag of his nation is flown.
The new yorker
5
So they're excited at the prospect of preserving one last communist dignitary.
Wired
6
He must be a great dignitary at the court of King Assar.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
7
It was organized by a Pageant Master, our mutual friend the dignitary.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
8
One appeared to be a high dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ghosts
9
The Vienna Bakery arrived on the gastronomic scene like a visiting dignitary.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
10
He is made to feel more like a dignitary than a sightseer.
The new yorker
11
The dignitary lifted the golden handcuffs from the pillow upon which they reposed.
The Chessmen of Mars
12
This reverend gentleman was a high dignitary in the Catholic Church.
"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"
13
No ecclesiastical dignitary in Europe was his superior, except the Pope.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
14
And the dignitary of the church sank back horrified into a horsehair arm-chair.
The Warden
15
The appearance, in Liverpool, of this South African dignitary, created a considerable sensation.
The Youthful Wanderer / An Account of a Tour through England, Fr...
16
Not every dignitary received such favor after long years of service.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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