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Dignitary meaning

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

Synonyms of Dignitary

very important person vip high-up panjandrum high muckamuck important person influential person personage

Related words

Other words often associated with Dignitary or its synonyms:

grownup adult soul someone mortal individual somebody person

Using Dignitary

  • The main meaning on this page is: An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
  • Useful related words include: very important person, vip, high-up, panjandrum.
  • In the example corpus, dignitary often appears in combinations such as: foreign dignitary, dignitary to, dignitary also.

Context around Dignitary

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

foreign 3× visiting 2× brazilian 1× level 1× sitting 1× third 1× first 1×

Often after:

visits 1× wearing 1×

Sentence patterns with Dignitary

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a sitting dignitary wearing a 1× first foreign dignitary to meet 1× high level dignitary visits as 1× however a dignitary such as 1× second foreign dignitary to visit 1× some other dignitary in case 1× than a dignitary of state 1× the brazilian dignitary also noted 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a nok sculpture 1× a smartly turned 1× both the governor 1× bourita is the 1× chancellors the third 1× doral is no 1×

Common sentence endings:

a gambling house 1× abroad including france 1× and official sources 1× at naval headquarters 1× at the airport 1× bolivia and spain 1×

Words around Dignitary

Just before it in the word index:

dignitaries 319 dignifying 3 dignify 14 dignified 190 digney 2 digne 18

Just after it in the word index:

dignitas 10 dignitatis 3 dignitatum 5 dignities 12 dignity 961 dignus 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Dignitary

  • In this selection, "dignitary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, foreign, visiting, brazilian, visits and wearing stand out and add context to how "dignitary" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a sitting dignitary wearing a and first foreign dignitary to meet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dignitary" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dignitary

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Both the Governor and Chief Minister briefly conversed with the visiting dignitary at the airport. (15 words)

Bourita is the second foreign dignitary to visit the compound in the last two months. (15 words)

The Brazilian dignitary also noted that things between his country and Argentina were different than between the latter and Bolivia and Spain. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

If you were in the right frame of mind, you would not have humiliated yourself by going to court with a case whose process in the end, painted you more as a goat-skinner, than a dignitary of state and governance. (41 words)

A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Navy presented him the guard of honour, following which the visiting dignitary was introduced to Chiefs of Staff and Principal Staff Officers at Naval Headquarters. (32 words)

The French leader’s status as a visiting foreign dignitary also spared him the two-week virus quarantine now demanded by the British authorities of most visitors from abroad, including France. (31 words)

Example sentences (13)

The Brazilian dignitary also noted that things between his country and Argentina were different than between the latter and Bolivia and Spain.

The French leader’s status as a visiting foreign dignitary also spared him the two-week virus quarantine now demanded by the British authorities of most visitors from abroad, including France.

A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Navy presented him the guard of honour, following which the visiting dignitary was introduced to Chiefs of Staff and Principal Staff Officers at Naval Headquarters.

Both the Governor and Chief Minister briefly conversed with the visiting dignitary at the airport.

Doral is no stranger to having large events and high-level dignitary visits as US Southern Command is located here along with the offices of other elected officials.

Bourita is the second foreign dignitary to visit the compound in the last two months.

If you were in the right frame of mind, you would not have humiliated yourself by going to court with a case whose process in the end, painted you more as a goat-skinner, than a dignitary of state and governance.

Pompeo, who is expected in Islamabad on September 5, would be the first foreign dignitary to meet Khan, Dawn reported, quoting the diplomatic and official sources.

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Sources at JNU said the university is mulling inviting President Ram Nath Kovind for the convocation or some other dignitary in case he is not free.

A Nok sculpture resident at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, portrays a sitting dignitary wearing a "Shepherds Crook" on the right arm, and a "hinged flail" on the left.

Chancellors The third dignitary is the chancellor (scholasticus, écoldtre, capiscol, magistral, etc.), who must not be confounded with the chancellor of the diocese.

He was, again, the only head of state who attended the inauguration and the first dignitary to arrive in the Philippines for the inauguration.

Under Louis-Philippe's petite-bourgeois regime, however, a dignitary such as the Prince of Monaco was not allowed to operate a gambling house.

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Common combinations with dignitary

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dignitary" in a sentence?
An example: "The Brazilian dignitary also noted that things between his country and Argentina were different than between the latter and Bolivia and Spain." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dignitary" from authentic English texts.
What does "dignitary" mean?
Dignitary means: An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
What are synonyms of "dignitary"?
Common synonyms of "dignitary" include: very important person, vip, high-up, panjandrum, high muckamuck, important person, influential person, personage.
How many example sentences with "dignitary" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dignitary", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.