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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RENOWN', n.
Fame; celebrity; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments.
Giants of old, men of renown. Genesis 6. Numbers 16.
RENOWN', v.t. To make famous.
Soft elocution does thy style renown.
A bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown.
[This verb is nearly or quite obsolete.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name Date: 14th century 1. a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored ; fame 2. obsolete report, rumor II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to give renown to

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. fame; high distinction; celebrity (a city of great renown). Etymology: ME f. AF ren(o)un, OF renon, renom f. renomer make famous (as RE-, L nominare NOMINATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Renown Re*nown" (r?-noun"), n. [F. renom. See Noun, and cf. Renown, v.] 1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. --Dryden. 2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Renown Re*nown" (r?-noun"), v. t. [F. renommer to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. re- re- + nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen a name. See Noun.] To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.] For joi to hear me so renown his son. --Chapman. The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. --Pope.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A person of renown is well known, usually because they do or have done something good. She used to be a singer of some renown... N-UNCOUNT: oft n of N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Distinction, repute, name, reputation, note, notoriety, notability, figure, fame, celebrity, glory, honor, eminence, lustre.

Moby Thesaurus

acclaim, celebrity, character, consequence, dignity, distinction, eclat, eminence, esteem, fame, famousness, figure, glory, greatness, heroism, honor, illustriousness, kudos, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, mark, memorability, name, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, publicity, reclame, recognition, remarkableness, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience, stardom, sublimity, the bubble reputation, vogue