be held in high esteem

To be regarded with a large amount of respect or admiration. I'll go see if I can persuade the committee, for I am held in high esteem among them. Mr. Ross has always been held in high esteem for all his charity work.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Grady	GRAY-dee	Irish, English
Valeriy	vah-LYE-ree	Russian
Bairstow	['bɛəstəu]
Manola	mah-NO-lah	Spanish
Philander	-	English (Archaic), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Hanne (2)	HAH-nə (German), HAHN-ne (Swedish, Norwegian), HAN-ne (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish