honorary
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- honourary (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honorarius.
AdjectiveEdit
honorary (not comparable)
- Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
- honorary degree; honorary doctorate
- Voluntary.
- Describes the holder of a position or title that is assigned to him as a special honor rather than by normal channels.
- honorary citizen
- honorary consul
- honorary vice president
- honorary member of the family
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
given as an honor
volontary
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describes the holder of a position
NounEdit
honorary (plural honoraries)
- An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
- (US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.