celebrity
/səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ noun B1- Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. · Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.
- A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
Plural celebrities
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For years I have endeavoured to break through the veil which shrouded it, and at last the time came when I seized my thread and followed it, until it led me, after a thousand cunning windings, to ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity.
The house of the Duke of Bracciano is one of the most delightful in Rome, the duchess, one of the last heiresses of the Colonnas, does its honors with the most consummate grace, and thus their fêtes have a European celebrity.
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