courtesy title

The word "f arm" had become a courtesy title for the place.

Until 2004, adopted children of peers had no right to any courtesy title.

The husband of the holder is not entitled to a courtesy title.

The older generation, he had discovered, liked the courtesy title.

So we preserve the courtesy title, though presumably one day he too will lose it.

Ross was given the courtesy title of "Captain" during his command.

He'd told her that his title was a courtesy title.

The same year, his courtesy title was upgraded to Chamberlain.

"Well, for all my courtesy title, I was born only a few steps above peasant on the social scale."

A courtesy title that was bought and paid for in trade, I don't doubt.

"But it would mean giving up my courtesy title.

Originally a British peerage, it is now a courtesy title.

Mrs was a courtesy title for any unmarried woman in business at that time.

There are several different kinds of courtesy titles in the British peerage.

The actual courtesy title which is used is a matter of family tradition.

The courtesy titles of children of peers are social, not legal.

How had he come by his courtesy title?

He emphasised the courtesy title, mocking her own use of the formal.

But first, on courtesy titles for the dead.

"It is merely a courtesy title, in your case.

Using a courtesy title in a non-formal situation may be construed as wrong and awkward.

A few days later, his courtesy title changed to Izu-no-kami.

Also in 1763, his courtesy title was changed to Yamato-no-kami.