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Dignitary

Dignitary Meaning & Definition
Dignitary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dignitary?

[n] an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dignitary: high muckamuck | high-up | panjandrum | very important person | VIP

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dignitary: baron | big cheese | big gun | big man | big name | big noise | big shot | big wheel | bigwig | brass | brass hat | celebrity | chief | dignity | elder | eminence | Establishment | fat cat | father | figure | great man | higher-up | high-muck-a-muck | hotshot | important person | interests | lion | lords of creation | luminary | magnate | man of mark | mogul | nabob | name | notability | notable | official | panjandrum | person of renown | personage | personality | pillar of society | power | power elite | ruling circle | sachem | somebody | something | star | superstar | the great | the top | top brass | top people | tycoon | very important person | VIP | worthy

See Also | important person | influential person | personage

Dignitary In Webster's Dictionary

\Dig"ni*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Dignitaries}. [Cf. F. dignitaire, fr. L. dignitas.] One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.

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