Courtesy Title Definition

noun
A title of no legal validity that is assumed or granted by custom, such as the academic title professor given to any instructor at a college.
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In Great Britain, the title that the heir of a high-ranking peer customarily uses, consisting of a secondary title accorded to the peer.
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In Great Britain, the prefixes Lord and Lady added to the given names of the younger children of dukes and marquises or the Honourable added to the children of viscounts and barons.
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Other Word Forms of Courtesy Title

Noun

Singular:
courtesy title
Plural:
courtesy titles

Courtesy Title Sentence Examples

  • Nor is this use of great antiquity; the custom of giving the courtesy title of " prince " to all male descendants of the sovereign to the third and fourth generation being of modern growth and quite foreign to English traditions.

  • The class did not survive the Revolution; but the courtesy title of abbe, having long lost all connexion in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman.

  • It is generally supposed that the title conferred by this patent was that of Viscount Suirdale, and such is the courtesy title by which the.

  • The courtesy title of the earl's eldest son should, therefore, apparently be either "Viscount Hutchinson" or "Viscount Knocklofty."

  • The term became in time a mere courtesy title but originally carried with it standing.

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