Companion of Honour
/kəmpanjən əv ˈɒnə
/(abbreviation CH)
noun
(In the UK) a member of an order founded in 1917, for distinguished achievement, with membership limited to sixty-five people.He was made a member of the Royal Society in 1973, a Companion of Honour in 1974, and Knight of the Garter in 1988....
- As King, George founded the institution of the Companions of Honour, to reward men and women who had rendered great national service, usually in the fields of arts or culture.
- The last phase in the creation of British orders came in 1917, with the establishment of the Order of the British Empire and the Order of Companions of Honour.
- cross index
- cross infection
- crossing
- crossing guard
- crossing over
- cross lease
- cross-legged
- cross-license
- cross light
- cross link
- cross-linkage
- crossly
- crossmatch
- cross member
- cross my heart (and hope to die)
- crossness
- cross of Lorraine
- cross one's fingers
- cross one's legs
- cross one's mind
- crossopterygian
- crossover
- crossover distortion
- crossover network
- cross-over vote