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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French honneur, from Latin honor.
Noun
honnør c (singular definite honnøren, plural indefinite honnører)
- salute
- Kaptajnerne gjorde honnør for generalen.
- The captains saluted the general.
1975, Erik Haaest, Forrædere: Frikorps Danmark-folk om drømmen og virkeligheden:Noget af det første, de lærer er honnøren. For dem, der ikke er nationalsocialister, må det være faldet lidt for brystet, at SS-honnøren skal bruges.- One of the first things they learn is the salute. Those who are not Nazis must have been somewhat offended by the fact that it is the SS salute that must be used.
1905, Lovtidende for Kongeriget Danmark, Denmark:... og de andre Officerer [udfører Honnørgrebet] efter Haanden som den, for hvem Honnøren afgives, kommer forbi dem, ...- ... and the other officers as the one for whom the salute is given passes them by, ...
2017, Rudolf Vrba, Flugten fra Auschwitz, Art People, →ISBN:Han gav hånd til de højtstående officerer, besvarede henkastet og muntert honnørerne fra de lavere rangerende folk og satte sig så atter ind i bilen sammen med Höß.- He shook the hands of the high-ranking officers, casually and cheerfully replied to the salutes from the lower-ranking people and then sat back inside the car with Höß.
- (card games) court card, face card
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