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Webster 1913 Edition
Famous
Fa′mous
,Adj.
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.
Syn. – Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.
–
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Famous
FA'MOUS
,Adj.
1.
Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; much talked of and praised; distinguished in story.Two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation. Num. 16.
It is followed by for. One man is famous for erudition; another, for eloquence; and another, for military skill.
2.
sometimes in a bad sense; as a famous counterfeiter; a famous pirate.