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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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