English Dictionary
◊ DISTINGUISHED
distinguished
adj 1: (used of persons) standing above others in character or
attainment or reputation; "our distinguished
professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
[syn: {eminent}, {great}]
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" [syn: {imposing}, {magisterial}]
3: set apart from other such things