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English Dictionary: famous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for famous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
famous adj widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" Synonym(s): celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Famous \Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See {Fame}.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. Famous for a scolding tongue. --Shak. Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. Usage: {Famous}, {Renowned}, {Illustrious}. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See {Distinguished}.