Usually means: Important person with official rank.
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  1. dignitary: Merriam-Webster
  2. dignitary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dignitary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dignitary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dignitary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dignitary, dignitary: Wordnik
  7. dignitary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dignitary: Wiktionary
  9. dignitary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dignitary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dignitary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dignitary, dignitary: Dictionary.com
  13. dignitary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Dignitary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Dignitary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dignitary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Dignitary: Rhymezone
  18. Dignitary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dignitary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Dignitary: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. dignitary: FreeDictionary.org
  22. dignitary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. dignitary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. dignitary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. dignitary: Encyclopedia

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  1. dignitary: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
▸ adjective:  Relating to dignity.

Similar:
very important person, high-up, VIP, panjandrum, dignity, worthy, someone, eminence, big name, big shot, more...

Opposite:
commoner, civilian

Types:
ambassador, delegate, envoy, minister, pope, rabbi, cardinal, more...

Phrases:
dignitary prebend, church dignitary, indian dignitary, arab dignitary, foreign dignitary, more...

Adjectives:
high, ecclesiastical, great, foreign, local, important, chief, religious, civic, clerical, reverend

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Similar:
very important person, high-up, VIP, panjandrum, dignity, worthy, someone, eminence, big name, big shot, more...

Opposite:
commoner, civilian

Types:
ambassador, delegate, envoy, minister, pope, rabbi, cardinal, more...

Phrases:
dignitary prebend, church dignitary, indian dignitary, arab dignitary, foreign dignitary, civic dignitary, more...

Adjectives:
high, ecclesiastical, great, foreign, local, important, chief, religious, civic, clerical, reverend

Colors:
    royal blue,     burgundy,     gold,     navy blue,     maroon, more...



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