celebrity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: celebrity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for celebrity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celebrity n a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" [syn: celebrity, famous person] the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed Synonym(s): fame, celebrity, renown Antonym(s): infamy, opprobrium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celebrity \Celeb"rity\, n.; pl. {Celebrities}. [L. celebritas: cf. F. c[82]l[82]brit[82].] 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.