From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Honor \Hon"or\ ([o^]n"[~e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour,
onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F.
honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.]
1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of
respect or reverence.
[1913 Webster]
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own
country. --Matt. xiii.
57.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or
consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity;
especially, excellence of character; high moral worth;
virtue; nobleness.
[1913 Webster]
Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. Purity; chastity; -- a term applied mostly to women, but
becoming uncommon in usage.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
If she have forgot
Honor and virtue. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course
of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the
duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege;
integrity; uprightness; trustworthness.
[1913 Webster]
Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense
Of justice which the human mind can frame,
Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim,
And guard the way of life from all offense
Suffered or done. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace.
[1913 Webster]
5. That to which esteem or consideration is paid;
distinguished position; high rank. "Restored me to my
honors." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1
Kings iii. 13.
[1913 Webster]
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ.
1.
[1913 Webster]
6. Fame; reputation; credit.
[1913 Webster]
Some in their actions do woo, and affect honor and
reputation. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
If my honor is meant anything distinct from
conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the
censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers.
[1913 Webster]
7. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a
ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on
his breast; military honors; civil honors. "Their funeral
honors." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
8. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an
ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
[1913 Webster]
9. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil
offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor.
See Note under {Honorable}.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on
which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell.
[1913 Webster]
11. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as,
honors in classics.
[1913 Webster]
12. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The
ten and nine are sometimes called {Dutch honors}. --R. A.
Proctor.
[1913 Webster]
{Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the
duel itself.
{Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and
decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court
of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or
omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in
their nature.
{Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by
betting or gambling, considered more binding than if
recoverable by law.
{Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
{Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.
{Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}.
{Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished
enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and
with colors flying.
{Law of honor} or {Code of honor}, certain rules by which
social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion,
and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley.
{Maid of honor},
(a) a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen
when she appears in public.
(b) the bride's principle attendant at a wedding, if
unmarried. If married, she is referred to as the
{matron of honor}.
{On one's honor}, on the pledge of one's honor; as, the
members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not
under oath, but give their statements or verdicts on their
honor.
{Point of honor}, a scruple or nice distinction in matters
affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of honor.
{To do the honors}, to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as
host or hostess at an entertainment. "To do the honors and
to give the word." --Pope.
{To do one honor}, to confer distinction upon one.
{To have the honor}, to have the privilege or distinction.
{Word of honor}, an engagement confirmed by a pledge of
honor.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See {Maiden}.]
1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
[1913 Webster]
Would I had died a maid,
And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
32.
[1913 Webster]
2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
3. A female servant.
[1913 Webster]
Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
skate ({Raia batis}), and of the thornback ({Raia
clavata}). [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
{Fair maid}. (Zool.) See under {Fair}, a.
{Maid of honor}, a female attendant of a queen or royal
princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
perform only nominal or honorary duties.
{Old maid}. See under {Old}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maid of honor
n 1: an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding [syn:
{bridesmaid}, {maid of honor}]
|
