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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
honours list
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Harold Wilson's resignation honours list was the one which has caused the committee most anxiety in recent years.
▪ Her first honours list contained fifty awards for Conservative party politicians and supporters.
▪ The honours list at least turned out to be more populist and less politically tainted than usual.
WordNet
honours list

n. a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations [syn: class list]

Usage examples of "honours list".

A fellow-graduate who had come third in the honours list, relegating him to fourth position by two points.

He parked the police car half on the pavement outside the Examination Schools and felt like a nervous punter in a betting-shop who can hardly bear to read the latest 1,2,3 The lists were still posted around the entrance hall, and quickly he found the board announcing the final honours list for Geography and read through the names.

It was by obeying the first requirement that he had acquired his knighthood in the New Year's Honours List a month before.

She was prominently mentioned in the last Birthday Honours List, too.

On the publication of the last Honours List I became Lord Bittlesham.