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distinguished

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dis·tin·guished  (d-stnggwsht)
adj.
1. Characterized by excellence or distinction; eminent.
2. Dignified in conduct or appearance.

distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt]
adj
1. noble or dignified in appearance or behaviour
2. eminent; famous; celebrated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.distinguished - (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"
important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
2.distinguished - 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"
dignified - having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman"

distinguished
Translations
distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt]
A. ADJ [guest, appearance, career] → distinguido; [professor, scholar, writer] → distinguido, eminente
he retired after 25 years of distinguished servicese retiró tras 25 años de distinguido servicio
to look distinguishedtener un aspecto distinguido
B. CPD distinguished service professor N (US) (Univ) profesor de universidad Americana que ocupa una cátedra de prestigio
distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt] adj (= eminent) [person] → distingué(e); [career] → remarquable, brillant(e)
distinguished
adj
(= eminent) guest, professorangesehen; scholar, writernamhaft, angesehen; careerglänzend; historyruhmreich; distinguished serviceverdienstvolle Laufbahn; (Mil) → Dienst mmit Auszeichnung; the distinguished company of …die hervorragende Gesellschaft (+gen); to be distinguished for somethingsich durch etw auszeichnen
(= refined) person, appearancedistinguiert (geh); to look distinguisheddistinguiert (geh)or vornehm aussehen
distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt] adj (eminent, pianist, writer) → eminente, noto/a; (scholar) → insigne; (career) → brillante; (refined) → distinto/a, signorile
distinguished [dɪsˈtɪŋgwɪʃt] adj (eminent, pianist, writer) → eminente, noto/a; (scholar) → insigne; (career) → brillante; (refined) → distinto/a, signorile


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A DISTINGUISHED Advocate of Republican Institutions was seen pickling his shins in the ocean.
Indeed when their bases are of the most degraded type (not more than the eighth part of an inch in size), they can hardly be distinguished from Straight Lines or Women; so extremely pointed are their vertices.
There are about thirty cases on record, of which the most famous, that of the Countess Cornelia de Baudi Cesenate, was minutely investigated and described by Giuseppe Bianchini, a prebendary of Verona, otherwise distinguished in letters, who published an account of it at Verona in 1731, which he afterwards republished at Rome.
 
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