celebrity

IPA: sʌɫˈɛbrɪti

(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.

Examples of "celebrity" in Sentences

I am a big fan when a celebrity is able to poke fun at themselves.
No one will care if a certain celebrity is pregnant or if someone is doing drugs.
COOPER: Suzanne, you mentioned the term celebrity for Bo Derek and the bachelors.
The term "celebrity memoir" has gotten such a bad name now, but there used to be a little bit of an art form to it.
Despite sharing their name with the term celebrity journalists apply to anyone who's ever been in television or film, the band
But every once in a while there comes along someone far more deserving of the title celebrity, who just happens to get started on the Internet.
Despite sharing their name with the term celebrity journalists apply to anyone who's ever been in television or film, the band Stars has carved out a large following.
Now, even in the best of times Celebrity Jeopardy is pushing it with the use of the term celebrity, but I must admit to an impure thrill at the thought of Ari Fleischer's return to television.
But the shy aviator matters to "The Guest List" because his celebrity is a measure of "a Manhattan-centric culture's redirecting its admiration from wastrels like the Astors to the achieving parvenu."