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/ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ · noun
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.
It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.
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; […]
Use dignitary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dignitary means An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position..
Common synonyms include panjandrum, vip, high-up, very important person.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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