Dignitary and General

Dignitary

Dignitary noun - An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
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Synonyms for Dignitary

General and dignitary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead a noun "Dignitary".

General

General noun - A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular).

Dignitary and general are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dignitary" instead a noun "General".

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  • Series / Major Dad General Craig is rarely 100% professional, except when there's a foreign dignitary or an inspection.
  • The British general Sir Charles Napier, during his deployment in India in the 1840s, attended the funeral pyre of a local dignitary, when he, to his horror, saw the wife of the deceased being led onto the pyre.
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