demicelebrity

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Etymology[edit]

demi- +‎ celebrity

Noun[edit]

demicelebrity (countable and uncountable, plural demicelebrities)

  1. (uncountable) Minor fame.
  2. (countable) A minor celebrity; a person of restricted fame.
    • 2007 January 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “TV Dramas Rip the Cover Off Magazines”, in New York Times[1]:
      Many are demicelebrities themselves.

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