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Renown is fame or celebrity status.

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An example of a renown person is someone being recognized by everyone who sees them in public.

See renown in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

great fame or reputation; celebrity
Obsolete report or rumor

Origin: ME renoun < Anglo-Fr < OFr renom < renommer, to name again or often, make famous < re-, again + nom(m)er, to name < L nominare < nomen, name

transitive verb

Obsolete to make famous

See renown in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; fame.
Obsolete Report; rumor.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English renoun

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from renomer, to make famous

Origin: : re-, repeatedly (from Latin; see re-)

Origin: + nomer, to name (from Latin nōmināre, from nōmen, nōmin-, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots)

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