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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
1R2E3N4O5W6N

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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