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Word entry · 6 letters

renown

Best crossword clue

"Public fame"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈnaʊn/Part of speech nounSorted ennorwStarts with REnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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; […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Public fame6 letters
02Widespread fame6 letters

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