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semicelebrity

semicelebrity noun: one who is almost a celebrity.

Noun

semicelebrity (plural semicelebrities)

  1. One who is almost a celebrity.
    • “Felix is one tough man who lived a life that people could only imagine going through,” said Richard Dietl, known as Bo, a private investigator, former police detective and a semicelebrity himself, who said he had been friends with Mr. Brinkmann since 1971.2009 August 1, Al Baker, “A Murder Victim Found in His Bed Had a Colorful Past”, in New York Times

Forms of semicelebrity

pluralsemicelebrities

Origin of semicelebrity

From semi- + celebrity.

Questions about semicelebrity

What does semicelebrity mean?
Semicelebrity means one who is almost a celebrity.
What part of speech is semicelebrity?
Semicelebrity is a noun.
What is the plural of semicelebrity?
The plural of semicelebrity is semicelebrities.

Words near semicelebrity in the dictionary

  1. semicasual
  2. semicatatonic
  3. semicategories
  4. semicategory
  5. semicelebrities
  6. semicelebrity
  7. semicelestial
  8. semicell
  9. semicells
  10. semicellulose
  11. semicelluloses

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