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comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable
Worthy of respect; respectable. examples
(politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors. examples
plural honorables
A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable". quotations examples
These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […]
1959, American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 13, page 111