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respectable

noun C2
  1. A person who is respectable.

Plural respectables

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As to the other denizens of the old building, it will suffice out of a large household to mention the prim, respectable, and capable Ames, and Mrs.
The Valley of Fear, p. 26 · C1
And we decided that we would try to be very careful indeed and form respectable habits and learn all we could and be as sensible as possible, so that by the time we were twenty our characters would be properly developed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 245 · C1
A steady, respectable, middle-aged man, too, on the face of him—all facts which led me to believe that he had been a sergeant.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 23 · B2
On inquiring at Number 13 we found that the house belonged to a respectable paperhanger, named Keswick, and that no one of the name either of Sawyer or Dennis had ever been heard of there.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 53 · B2

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