(British) An honorary title given to a leading astronomer; once the director of the Greenwich observatory.
(British) An honorary title given to a leading astronomer; once the director of the Greenwich observatory.
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(British, legal) A member of the royal family elected as an honorary bencher .
(British, historical) An officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure.
The title of a king.
The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.
(British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.