Her Excellency
Female dignitary's address
Her Excellency is a formal title of address for high-ranking women in government or diplomacy—ambassadors, governors, heads of state.
The masculine equivalent is His Excellency.
In direct address, Excellency alone suffices: Your Excellency, the delegation has arrived.
The title signals deference and protocol in official contexts.
- diplomatic corpsOfficial representatives abroad
- high commissionerSenior diplomatic representative
- Your GraceHonorific for high nobility
- formal addressRespectful way of speaking
- United NationsInternational governmental organization
head of state · Foreign Affairs · receiving line · First Lady · Dame · state dinner · Toastmaster · Dame
Her ExcellencyHis Excellency
Formal address for dignitaries
His Honor · His Highness · His Majesty · His Eminence · His Holiness
Her Excellencycommoner
Non-noble person
nobody · peasant · peon · ordinary citizen · the masses
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