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Что (кто) такое favourite - определение

INTIMATE COMPANION OF A RULER OR OTHER IMPORTANT PERSON
Royal favourite; Court favourite; Favorite; Favotite
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favourite         
(US favorite)
¦ adjective preferred to all others of the same kind.
¦ noun
1. a favourite person or thing.
2. the competitor thought most likely to win.
Phrases
favourite son
1. a famous man who is particularly popular in his native area.
2. US a person supported as a presidential candidate by delegates from the candidate's home state.
Origin
C16 (asnoun): from obs. Fr. favorit, from Ital. favorito, past participle of favorire 'to favour'.
favourite         
favourite         
(favourites)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'favorite'
1.
Your favourite thing or person of a particular type is the one you like most.
...a bottle of his favourite champagne...
Her favourite writer is Hans Christian Andersen.
ADJ: ADJ n
Favourite is also a noun.
The Liverpool Metropole is my favourite.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
Everyone must be familiar with the old favourite among roses, Crystal Palace.
PHRASE
2.
If you describe one person as the favourite of another, you mean that the second person likes the first person a lot and treats them with special kindness.
...Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of King James I...
The Prime Minister is no favourite of the tabloids.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
3.
The favourite in a race or contest is the competitor that is expected to win. In a team game, the team that is expected to win is referred to as the favourites.
The Belgian Cup has been won by the favourites F.C. Liege.
N-COUNT: usu the N

Википедия

Favourite

A favourite was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated significant political power by a ruler. It was especially a phenomenon of the 16th and 17th centuries, when government had become too complex for many hereditary rulers with no great interest in or talent for it, and political institutions were still evolving. From 1600 to 1660 there were particular successions of all-powerful minister-favourites in much of Europe, particularly in Spain, England, France and Sweden.

The term is also sometimes employed by writers who want to avoid terms such as "royal mistress", "friend", "companion", or "lover" (of any gender). Several favourites had sexual relations with the monarch (or the monarch's spouse), but the feelings of the monarch for the favourite could span the range from simple faith in the favourite's abilities to various degrees of emotional affection and dependence, and sometimes even encompassed sexual infatuation.

The term has an inbuilt element of disapproval and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "One who stands unduly high in the favour of a prince", citing Shakespeare: "Like favourites/ Made proud by Princes" (Much Ado about Nothing, 3.1.9).

Примеры употребления для favourite
1. Mr Davis remains the favourite at Westminster Mr Cameron has established himself as the favourite among activists (and the media). Ken Clarke is the favourite in the electorate.
2. They still have Paris as the 1–5 favourite with London second favourite at 7–2.
3. My favourite library belongs to the least favourite president, Richard Nixon.
4. Eugenie lists her favourite foods as corn on the cob, hotdogs and doughnuts, while her favourite colour is purple.
5. Scroll down for more Least favourite: Housemate Charley Uchea is emerging as frontrunner for title of least favourite housemate.