单词 | honorand |
释义 | honorandn. A person who is the recipient of an honour (esp. an honorary degree) or the subject of an honorary inscription, monument, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > someone to be given an honorary degree honorand1935 1935 Times 27 June 21/1 The Hall of Worcester College where the honorands..and Doctors had met to partake of Lord Crewe's benefaction. 1950 A. P. Herbert Independent Member lxxxiii. 478 The Honorands, the eight or nine distinguished persons who are to be voted Honorary Doctors. 1971 Oxf. Times 25 June 30/1 There was brilliant sunshine for the Encaenia... For the first time for eight years there was no woman in the procession of honorands. 2002 B. H. McLean Introd. Greek Epigraphy ix. 242 Honorific inscriptions often direct that a statue be erected for the honorand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1935 |
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