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Celebrities

Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Celebrities. [L. celebritas: cf. F. c['e]l['e]brit['e].]

  1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]

    The celebrity of the marriage.
    --Bacon.

  2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

    An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy.
    --Whewell.

  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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celebrities

n. (plural of celebrity English)

Usage examples of "celebrities".

If we’re willing to kill a priest over nothing, how much more willing do you think I am to body-bag one of these worthless celebrities over seven figures?

All the remaining celebrities who’d gone into the East River had been plucked out of the water and were accounted for.

The only female out of four non-Changing Gigastars, she was, with Momby, a good example of the pitfalls of enshrining celebrities prematurely.

The Flacks did not create celebrities, they had no real axe to grind in this affair.

Powerful people, celebrities, and governments paid small fortunes for his skill and the cold logic of a silicon beast called CORE (an acronym for Common Object Repository for the Enterprise), affectionately christened “Big Brain” by Grogg, the man who helped conceive her according to Sam’s vision.

Although he was used to celebrities in general, this one at this time was a pain in the ass.

We found that he went to Harvard, apparently has no publications, at least of note, has practiced for twenty years, is considered an expert in memory loss, has seen a number of celebrities, and has been credited with some remarkable cures.

Of all these divorced celebrities who allegedly remain ‘good friends,’ this was that rare couple that actually did remain on good terms.

Both did security work for the emperor’s family on special occasions, as well as providing protection for Western celebrities traveling in Japan.

You scanned a photo of the person you wanted, got back the names of half a dozen celebrities who looked vaguely like the subject, then went around asking people if they'd seen anybody lately who reminded them of A, B, C.

What this country needs is fewer celebrities and more nobodies who live ordinary lives, cope bravely, do a little good in the world, enjoy a few pleasures, and never, never get their names in the newspaper or their faces on TV.

If you do, your best examples will become celebrities overnight, and there's no such thing as a prominent nobody.

Poster-sized photographs of the celebrities were displayed on stage, either hanging on the back wall or displayed on easels.

The celebrities themselves were assembled in the Green Room backstage, where they would be able to hear the proceedings on the P A system.

You're the only guy I know who doesn't collect photos of himself standing next to celebrities and who hangs all his trophies and awards in his bathroom.