O.B.E.
abbreviation
Officer (of the Order) of the British Empire.
O.B.E.
Americanabbreviation
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Officer (of the Order) of the British Empire.
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Order of the British Empire.
OBE
British
abbreviation
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit title)
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out-of-body experience
Example Sentences
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In the bathroom at the back of the studio, there’s a stash of awards, including an O.B.E. from the Queen.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016
But Robson has earned the O.B.E. for his work away from the top level of the game.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2013
A former associate dean at the Harvard Business School, Mr. Quelch, who also served as dean of the London Business School, was in Britain in December to collect an O.B.E. from Queen Elizabeth.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2012
This time, for rather the same reason, Her Majesty named fab Fashion Designer Mary Quant, 32, doyenne of the Chelsea group's knee-baring, hippy styles, as an officer of the O.B.E.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had a friend; a friend, and he Just held the line for you and me, And kept the Germans from the sea, And died—without the O.B.E.
From The Sunny Side by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
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