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renowner|rɪˈnaʊnə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who celebrates or makes famous. rare.
1615Chapman Odyss. xxiv. ad fin., So wrought diuine Vlysses through his woes;..As through his great Renowner I have wrought. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 270 The two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura.
2. [After G. renommist.] One who seeks notoriety; a swaggerer.
1839Longfellow Hyperion ii. iv. Prose Wks. 1886 II. 85 He was a student... In short, he was a renowner and a duellist. 1865Pall Mall G. 7 Dec. 11 Rather..than that the Oxford men are less well behaved than the renowners of Heidelberg. |