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  • noun One who receives an honour or award.

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Examples

  • Despite having paid a $20 door charge for the privilege, Considine didn't stick around, spending most of the time with Sundance honouree James Marsh, who directed him in C4's Red Riding and was one of the first to see both the script and a rough cut of Tyrannosaur.

    Paddy Considine: 'I'm trying to make sense of a lot of things' 2011

  • This year, unlike every other gentlemen's dinner over six decades, Hillier will be the only honouree.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • The recent film version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe starred Screen Academy Scotland honouree graduate Tilda Swinton and was filmed in New Zealand, so it all ties together.

    Anyone know where to hire NZ national dress? DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • The recent film version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe starred Screen Academy Scotland honouree graduate Tilda Swinton and was filmed in New Zealand, so it all ties together.

    Archive 2007-11-01 DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • Well, Joel tells me Hillier has been selected as the honouree -- Man of the Year -- for the lodge's 57th. annual gentlemen's dinner at Beth Tzedec Synagogue on Dec. 5.

    Money, meet mouth 2007

  • Well, Joel tells me Hillier has been selected as the honouree -- Man of the Year -- for the lodge's 57th. annual gentlemen's dinner at Beth Tzedec Synagogue on Dec. 5.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • This year, unlike every other gentlemen's dinner over six decades, Hillier will be the only honouree.

    Money, meet mouth 2007

  • Even when dedicating the animal to some influen - tial person or to Lucha, a gesture always applauded by the fans who liked the idea of a matador's being in love with a singer, he seemed to be watching not the honouree but the all-important bull.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • Another honouree, Richard Kirk, clutched his golden plaque with a tiny Oscar on it and said, "I only hope one day I can be as awesome as my friends and family will think I am with this."

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • Another honouree, Richard Kirk, clutched his golden plaque with a tiny Oscar on it and said, "I only hope one day I can be as awesome as my friends and family will think I am with this."

    News24 Top Stories 2010

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