handle to one's name

[handle to one's name] {n. phr.}, {slang} A special title used before your name.

* /Jim's father has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson./

* /Bob came back from the University with a handle to his name and was called Dr. Jones./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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