renown

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.

   She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]

2. 2
   noun

   Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.

   […] She / Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown, / But never saw before;

3. 3
   noun

   the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

4. 4
   verb

   To make famous.

Etymology

From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.