K.B.E.

American  

abbreviation

1. Knight Commander of the British Empire.

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KBE British  

abbreviation

1. Knight (Commander of the Order) of the British Empire

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Example Sentences

A Sherpa came along with letters, and there was one . . . addressed to 'Sir Edmund Hillary, K.B.E.'

From Time Magazine Archive

The Express' choice: suave expatriate Cinemactor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., K.B.E., "a good mixer, a tireless getter-about and smoother-out of trouble."

From Time Magazine Archive

Three remarkable Africans who symbolize to their peoples independence promised or prospective: Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, K.B.E.,

From Time Magazine Archive

My husband is only a K.B.E., you know.

From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

The Army Council have consented, at the request of the First Lord of the Admiralty, to lend for this purpose the services of Colonel Alexander Gibb, K.B.E.,

From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl