Your Highness

pron — 3 senses

Your Highness

pron
1

Formal A title of respect used to address a prince or princess.

  • Does your Highness know what became of the other ?1818, “The Congo Expedition—African Discoveries”, in The Quarterly Review, J. Murray, page 372:
  • “Yes, madame, since your Highness has deigned to begin, will you deign to finish—”1998, Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask, →ISBN, page 83:
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  • When I'm up in London, everybody say Your Highness / Not because I'm royal, but because I be the highest2021, Aminé, “Charmander”, in TWOPOINTFIVE:
2

Informal, Sarcastic A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy.

3

Historical A title of respect used to the Lord Protector during the English Republic.

Related terms
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