renown

noun
/ɹɪˈnaʊn/

Etymology

From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.

  1. derived from renoun

Definitions

  1. Fame

    Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

    • She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]
    • And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]
    • […] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]
  2. Reports of nobleness or achievements

    Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.

    • […] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;
  3. To make famous.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA