From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
celebrity
n 1: a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" [syn:
famous person]
2: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
[syn: fame, renown] [ant: infamy]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Celebrities. [L. celebritas:
cf. F. c['e]l['e]brit['e].]
1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]
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The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon.
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2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown;
as, the celebrity of Washington.
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An event of great celebrity in the history of
astronomy. --Whewell.
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3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the
plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.
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