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What (who) is honorary - definition
honorary
1.
An honorary title or membership of a group is given to someone without their needing to have the necessary qualifications, usually because of their public achievements.
...an honorary member of the Golf Club.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
Honorary is used to describe an official job that is done without payment.
...the honorary secretary of the Cheshire Beekeepers' Association.
ADJ: ADJ n
Honorary
·adj Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
II. Honorary ·adj Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.
III. Honorary ·adj A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.
IV. Honorary ·adj Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
V. Honorary ·adj An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
honorary
¦ adjective
1. (of a title or position) conferred as an honour.
holding such a title or position.
2. Brit. (of an office or its holder) unpaid.
Origin
C17: from L. honorarius, from honor 'honour'.
Wikipedia
Honorary
An honorary position is one given as an honor, with no duties attached, and without payment. Other uses include:
Examples of use of honorary
1. Clair Franklin, the city‘s honorary British consul.
2. He also holds an honorary doctorate in Economics from Kensington University and an honorary Ph.D from the University of the Americas.
3. Jeb Bush was snubbed for an honorary degree at the University of Florida – but he can still call himself an honorary alumnus.
4. Mexican artist Francisco Toledo won the honorary prize.
5. O‘Connor is honorary chairwoman of the Jamestown 2007 commemoration.