Known by name; well-known, famous; notorious. Also as adv. (rare).

Made known (frequently as past participle); hence, well known, renowned: sometimes (like ycore, adj.) a vague epithet of commendation.

Made known, mentioned, declared, renowned; well-known; famous; notorious: see also kithe, v. 5. (Frequently in alliterative poetry.)

Widely known; famous, renowned. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.).

Notorious; widely known; manifest. Cf. notary, adj.1

Of a fact, circumstance, etc.: well-known; notorious.

Widely or generally known; (of a person) famous.

Originally Scottish. Well or widely known; celebrated, notorious. Now English regional.

Well-known; spec. notorious. Obsolete.

Famous, well-known. Now chiefly as a postmodifier, in phrases modelled on cause célèbre (cf. cause célèbre, n.).

Of a person, place, etc.: well or widely known; famous; (in later use) esp. noted for a particular quality or feature. Cf. sense A. 5b.

= famous, adj.

Of a person: in the public eye; prominent, well-known. Now only in public figure n. at compounds 1b.

Very well-known, famous.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Popular or fashionable; (also) well-known, famous.

figurative. In a position of public prominence; well-known. Cf. visibility, n. 1d.