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celebrity

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celebrity
/seuh leb"ri tee/, n., pl. celebrities for 1.
1. a famous or well-known person.
2. fame; renown.
[1350-1400; ME < L celebritas multitude, fame, festal celebration, equiv. to celebr- (s. of celeber) often repeated, famous + -itas -ITY]
Syn. 2. distinction, note, eminence, stardom.

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