distinguished+person

  • 111presence chamber — noun a room in which a monarch or other distinguished person receives visitors …

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  • 112top-sawyer — noun 1》 chiefly historical a sawyer holding the upper handle of a pit saw and standing above the saw pit. 2》 archaic a distinguished person …

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  • 113magnate — n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person …

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  • 114demise — I. n. 1. Conveyance, alienation, transfer, transferrence, making over. 2. Death (of a royal or a distinguished person), decease. II. v. a. 1. Ahenate, transfer, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over. 2. Bequeath, devise, will, grant… …

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  • 115Great Mogul — Great′ Mo′gul n. 1) why any of the former Mogul emperors of India 2) why (l.c.) an important or distinguished person …

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  • 116eminence — ► NOUN 1) acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere. 2) an important or distinguished person. 3) (His/Your Eminence) a title given to a Roman Catholic cardinal. 4) formal or literary a piece of rising ground. ORIGIN Latin eminentia,… …

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  • 117great — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average. 2) of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average. 3) informal excellent. 4) most important: the great thing is the challenge. 5) particularly deserving a… …

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  • 118greatness — great ► ADJECTIVE 1) of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average. 2) of ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average. 3) informal excellent. 4) most important: the great thing is the challenge. 5) particularly… …

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  • 119magnificence — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being magnificent. 2) (His/Your etc. Magnificence) a title or form of address for a monarch or other distinguished person …

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  • 120degree — [di grē′] n. [ME degre < OFr degré, degree, step, rank < VL * degradus < degradare: see DEGRADE] 1. any of the successive steps or stages in a process or series 2. a step in the direct line of descent [a cousin in the second degree] 3.… …

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