Noun

(en noun)

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

(US English) a traveling amusement park, called a funfair in UK English.

Noun

(celebrities)

(label) A rite or ceremony.

(label) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population; a famous person ().

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}