Usually means: Fame or recognition for achievements.
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  1. renown: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. renown: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. renown: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. renown: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Renown, renown: Wordnik
  7. renown: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. renown: Wiktionary
  9. renown: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. renown: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. renown: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Renown, renown: Dictionary.com
  13. renown: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. renown: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Renown (company), Renown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Renown: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. renown: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. renown: Rhymezone
  19. renown: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. renown: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. renown: Free Dictionary
  22. renown: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. renown: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. renown: Legal dictionary

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  1. renown: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
noun:  (obsolete) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
verb:  (transitive) To make famous.

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