Hall of Famen.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. A place where famous persons are commemorated, as the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in New York City or the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York State. U.S.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > place or list commemorating the famous
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > museum > specific
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1901 Land of Sunshine Jan. 61 The Columbia College ‘Hall of Fame’ includes various more or less useful Americans and excludes Edgar Allan Poe.
1913 W. P. Eaton Barn Doors & Byways 122 Only a year or two ago a red fox was seen in New York City,..on the wooded hillside sloping toward the Harlem River at University Heights near the Hall of Fame.
1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 166 e/2 On June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 106 b/2 The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is a semicircular granite colonnade on the campus of New York university... It was established in 1900..and was dedicated in 1901.
1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 150/3 Concluding his acceptance speech at Cooperstown, when he was taken into the Baseball Hall of Fame: ‘And I want to thank the tremendous fans’.
2. transferred and figurative.
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1903 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief xii. 265 Whenever I square it and go to work I am nailed regularly, because my mug is in the Hall of Fame.
1927 My Oklahoma June 14/1 In the Hall of Fame of the aboriginals there is no name like that of Sequoyah.
1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man xii. 252 Who really is who?.. Who's Who should provide the answer..In what proportion are the different professions and occupations represented in the Annual Hall of Fame?
1950 Sport 22 Sept. 18/2 Jack left his father's butcher's shop in his native Belfast to carve a niche in the football hall of fame.
1977 Time 16 May 57/3 The moment passes, but not before it is inducted into the Hall of Fame of the mind.
1986 ZX Computing Monthly Oct. 34/4 A range of options including joysticks and starting levels is provided and a full high score ‘hall of fame’ is included.
Derivatives
Hall of Famer n. one elected or belonging to a Hall of Fame (esp. in Baseball).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]
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1948 Age-Herald (Birmingham, Alabama) 24 Mar. 15/6 ‘It looks as if I'll be here for awhile,’ the baseball hall of famer explained.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 3 c/8 Gaylord Perry moved past Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Warren Spahn into sixth place on the all-time strikeout list Tuesday night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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