Renown

//ɹɪˈnaʊn// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fame; celebrity; wide recognition. uncountable, usually

    "She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]"

  2. 2
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed wordnet
  3. 3
    Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "[…] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make famous. transitive

Synonyms

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fameacclaimbig namecelebritycelebritycharacter

Example

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"She has international renown as a painter."

Etymology

From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.

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