renown

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

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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.

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