honoree

See also: honorée

English

Etymology

From honor +‎ -ee.

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Noun

honoree (plural honorees)

  1. One who receives an honor or award.
    • 2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time‎[1]:
      It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.
    • 2025 January 4, Zach Montague, “Who Are the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom?”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      The 18 honorees included some of the Democratic Party’s best-known leaders and boosters: Hillary Clinton, the philanthropist and major Democratic donor George Soros, and Robert F. Kennedy, who was given the recognition posthumously.

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