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claims to fame

claims to fame is the plural of claim to fame.

Meaning of claim to fame

Noun

claim to fame (plural claims to fame)

  1. (idiomatic) That for which one has bragging rights; one’s reason for being well-known or famous.
    • Her only claim to fame is being married to a socialite.

Questions about claims to fame

What is claims to fame the plural of?
Claims to fame is the plural of claim to fame.

Words near claims to fame in the dictionary

  1. claimlessness
  2. claims
  3. claims adjuster
  4. claims adjusters
  5. claims someone's life
  6. claims to fame
  7. claimsman
  8. claimsmen
  9. claimstaker
  10. claimstakers
  11. Claines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: claims to fame (page history and authors); claim to fame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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