renown

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[edit] Etymology

Old French renon, from re- + non (“name”)

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[edit] Noun

renown (uncountable)

  1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
      There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.

[edit] Translations

Fame or wide recognition

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