Definition of 'distinguished'

See also: distinguish 

Adjective

1. (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
      Synonyms: eminent
2. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
      Synonyms: grand imposing magisterial
3. set apart from other such things

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