Dictionary definition for: Distinguished
1. (s) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor" "an eminent scholar" "a great statesman"
2. (s) 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"
3. (s) set apart from other such things
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