Phrase guide

honorary Aryan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A title accorded to the Japanese and some other people by Nazi Germany. Although of a different race, they were considered by the Nazis to possess qualities similar enough to German Nordic characteristics to warrant the designation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: почетен ариец (početen ariec) — person who was Aryan only informally, according to the Nazis
  • Finnish: kunnia-arjalainen — person who was Aryan only informally, according to the Nazis
  • German: Ehrenarier — person who was Aryan only informally, according to the Nazis