Definition of Has-been

1. Noun. Someone who is no longer popular.

Exact synonyms: Back-number
Generic synonyms: Golden Ager, Old Person, Oldster, Senior Citizen

Definition of Has-been

1. Noun. (pejorative) A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Has-been

harvesting
harvestings
harvestless
harvestman
harvestmen
harvestry
harvests
harvesttime
harvesttimes
harzburgite
harzburgites
harzburgitic
has
has't
has-a
has-been (current term)
has-beens
has a clue
has a mind like a sieve
has a wank
has a word
has another think coming
has eyes bigger than one's stomach
has had it
has it
has it going on
has it off
has one's finger on the pulse
has one's fingers on the pulse

Literary usage of Has-been

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Fanny has been cutting roses, has she ? " " She has got it," said Lady Bertram ; " she has ... Upon my word, ma'am, it has been a very ill-managed business. ..."

2. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"This Journal, from the commencement to March 3,1829, from all of which the injunction of secrecy has been removed, has been printed in 3 volumes octavo, ..."

3. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... anything—Mr. Fairlie has nothing to add but the expression of his decision, in reference to the highly irregular application that has been made to him. ..."

4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"T)ROBABLY there never has been a period when the want of a good A ... In ASIA, the boundary of Russia has been extended on the east to the mouth of the ..."

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