AFFAIR OF HONOR

  

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AFFAIR OF HONOR

Definition: AFFAIR OF HONOR

AFFAIR OF HONOR

1. A dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: AFFAIR OF HONOR

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Contention

Duel, duello; single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel; hostile meeting, digladiation; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to arms; (warfare).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: AFFAIR OF HONOR

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Fatty's Affair of Honor (1913)

An Affair of Honor (1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AFFAIR OF HONOR

Language Translations for "AFFAIR OF HONOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Romanian

  

duel (affair of honour, duel), datorie de onoare (affair of honour, debt of honour), chestiune de onoare (affair of honour). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

namus meselesi, şeref meselesi (point of honor, point of honour). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AFFAIR OF HONOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-f-f-h-i-n-o-o-o-r-r"

-4 letters: honoraria.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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