birthday honours plural noun
Titles, etc, conferred on the sovereign's official birthday
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Main Entry: ↑birthday
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birthday honours
Honours granted to mark the monarch's birthday
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Main Entry: ↑honour
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birthday honours,
British. the titles of honor conferred by the King or Queen on each anniversary of his or her birthday.
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Birthday Honours [Birthday Honours]
(in Britain) the titles and other awards given to people by the queen on her ↑Official Birthday each year
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She got an OBE in the Birthday Honours List
Compare ↑New Year Honours
note at ↑honours
Useful english dictionary. 2012.