Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

right honourable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: right honourable
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative letter-case form of right honourable.

adj

A courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.

adj

A courtesy title applied to a privy counsellor, to the lord mayor of various cities, governor general, and to the prime minister of certain Commonwealth countries.

Example Sentences

"I have in honourable and right honourable gentlemen opposite an admirable example of how to cut the painter of a similar league, with the maximum of political advancement, and the minimum of fidelity to a founder."

Inflected Forms

right honorable (alternative)

Phrases

Right Hon Rt. Hon.

Frequently Paired Words

honourable

Questions

What does right honourable mean?: Alternative letter-case form of right honourable.

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