celebrity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a widely known person
    famous person.
    • he was a baseball celebrity
  2. noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
    renown; fame.

WordNet

Ce*leb"ri*ty noun
Etymology
L. celebritas: cf. F. célébrité.
Wordforms
plural Celebriries
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913