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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl {Celebrities}. [L. celebritas: cf F. c['e]l['e]brit['e].] 1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. --Whewell. 3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as he is one of the celebrities of the place From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: celebrity n 1: a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" [syn: {famous person}] 2: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: {fame}, {renown}] [ant: {infamy}]
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