semicelebrity
English
Etymology
semi- + celebrity
Noun
semicelebrity (plural semicelebrities)
- One who is almost a celebrity.
- 2009 August 1, Al Baker, “A Murder Victim Found in His Bed Had a Colorful Past”, in New York Times:
- “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.
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