How to pronounce“dignitary”in English
Journalists are reporters like Nathaniel Nash, who go off to uncomfortable and often dangerous places, like Croatia, and get on a military plane to chase after a visiting
dignitary, without giving it a second thought, all to get a few fresh quotes, maybe a scoop, or even just a paragraph of color, that no one else has.
When I first heard the news about Nathaniel, I whispered a prayer for him, but I am sure that wasn't necessary, for he was such
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Definitions of “dignitary”
An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.
“Chinese dignitaries traveled with us from place to place, and when ready to depart from Urumchi, or Tihwa, we were introduced to the high officials who were going along in the plane.”
Relating to dignity.
“The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]”
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