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Definition of Renowned
1. Adjective. Widely known and esteemed. "A renowned painter"
Similar to: Known
Derivative terms: Fame, Fame, Illustriousness, Notability, Notable
Definition of Renowned
1. a. Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.
Definition of Renowned
1. Adjective. Famous, celebrated, or well-known. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Renowned
1. renown [v] - See also: renown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renowned
Literary usage of Renowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote. Translated... by T.
Smollett. Illustrated ... by Hayman. . . London: T. Osborne, 1761. 4 v. 2. ed. ..."
2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"OF THE renowned WOUTER VAN TWILLER. [A History of New York. ... The renowned
Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller, was descended from a long line of Dutch ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Ernest Myers (1915)
"So when the renowned lame god had finished all the armour, he took and laid it
before the mother of Achilles. Then she like a falcon sprang down from snowy ..."
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