Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Hypernyms (geologist is a kind of...): man of science; scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences).
The name Honora is of Irish origin. The meaning of Honora is honorable. Honora is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Ho-no-ra.
honorary reward, 1650s, from Latin honorarium (donum), literally honorary (gift), but in Latin meaning bribe paid to get appointed to an honorary post, neuter of adjective honorarius for the sake of honor, from honos (see honor (n.)).