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# dignitary

«dignitary» in Mova's school dictionary: **an important person who holds a high rank or office, such…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dignitary, dignitaries)

### meaning for a pupil

A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dignitary/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a dignitary is a grand person at a king's court; in lessons it names a person of high position

### examples

- The mayor and other dignitaries sat at the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dignitary/#x1)
- He thought I was one of the court dignitaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dignitary/#x2)
- The dignitary arrived with a long train of servants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dignitary/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dignitary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dignitary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.