local celebrity

noun

: someone whom everyone in the area knows or recognizes
She's become something of a local celebrity.

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These days, Voorhees continues to attend fan conventions and events, and enjoys his status as a local celebrity on Martha's Vineyard, where he's currently retired. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 June 2025 State of play: Which local celebrity would make for the perfect lookalike extravaganza? Troy Smith, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024 Fans celebrate Monty and Rose, the piping plovers who aided conservation and brought Chicagoans together In a win for endangered piping plovers, the Great Lakes has record breeding season 2023: Legacy lives on A local celebrity appeared at Montrose Beach. Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 So that is just part of being a small local celebrity. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for local celebrity

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“Local celebrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/local%20celebrity. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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