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What (who) is honourable - definition
HONORIFIC STYLE NAME PREFIX
Honorable; Hon'ble; Honourable; Hon.; The Honerable; The Honorable; The Hon; The honourable; Honourable Member; Honourable members; The Hounourable; The Hon.; Hon’ble; The Hon'ble
honourable
(US honorable)
¦ adjective
1. bringing or worthy of honour.
2. (Honourable) a title given to certain high officials, the children of some ranks of the nobility, and MPs.
3. chiefly humorous (of the intentions of a man courting a woman) directed towards marriage.
Derivatives
honourableness noun
honourably adverb
honourable
adj.
BE; AE spelling: honorable
honourable to + inf. (it is not honourable to deceive them with false promises)
honourable
Note: in AM, use 'honorable'
1.
If you describe people or actions as honourable, you mean that they are good and deserve to be respected and admired.
I believe he was an honourable man, dedicated to the people and his union...
However, their intentions are honourable.
ADJ
• honourably
He also felt she had not behaved honorably in the leadership election.
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
Honourable is used as a title before the names of some members of the nobility, judges, and some other officials.
...the Honourable Mr Justice Swinton Thomas.
ADJ: the ADJ n-proper
Wikipedia
The Honourable
The Honourable (British English) or The Honorable (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: Hon., Hon'ble, or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.
Examples of use of honourable
1. An honourable man would come to this court, an honourable man would return to California, an honourable man would not behave in the way he behaved, even in the Swinging Sixties.
2. This is the work of one who is referred to as a "Honourable Member" (of Parliament). There is nothing honourable about this.
3. Honourable is what we are when we are failing miserably.
4. Boyce added: "Lawrie is a very honourable person.
5. The honourable member for Coffs Harbour will resume his seat.