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What does illustrious mean?

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Adjective
  1. dignified, well-known, respected, admired; especially for past achievements or noble qualities.
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Much the same treatment was meted out to the illustrious society ladies among whom she networked so assiduously.
I believe that, like me, you will gain a deeper appreciation for this illustrious artist after reading Moore's sage views.
Rani Laxmi Bai has been given a place amongst the greatest women in the history of the world and is an illustrious figure in Indian history.
This would be a lamentable end for such an illustrious name and would bring no pleasure to anyone in Scotland.
And at the interval they were holding their more illustrious opponents as they went into the break level.
The late Aberdonian artist Ian Fleming had a long and illustrious career at Gray's School of Art.

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