Highness Definition

hīnĭs
noun
The quality or state of being high; height; loftiness.
Webster's New World
Highest of the nobility.
Webster's New World
Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a prince or princess.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret.
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Origin of Highness

  • A translation of the Italian altezza

    From Wiktionary

Highness Sentence Examples

  • The chief of Dhrangadra, who bears the title of Raj Sahib, with the predicate of His Highness, is head of the ancient clan of Jhala Rajputs, who are said to have entered Kathiawar from Sind in the 8th century.

  • I need only advise anything and his Highness is sure to do the opposite, replied Bennigsen.

  • The king was accorded the title of " His Highness the Kabaka of Buganda," and his special salute was fixed at eleven guns.

  • By the treaty of Mengo, signed in March 1900, the young king of Buganda, Daudi Chwa, a son of Mwanga, born in 1896, was accorded the title of his Highness the Kabaka.

  • All these various classes of princes are styled Fiirst and have the predicate " Serene Highness " (Durchlaucht).

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