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noncelebrity

noun non·ce·leb·ri·ty \ ˌnän-sə-ˈle-brə-tē \

Definition of noncelebrity

: a person who is not a celebrity

In 1975 … [John] Lennon decided that the time had come to try living like a noncelebrity …
—Andrew Romano

—often used before another noun

noncelebrity contestants

a noncelebrity spokesperson

Recent Examples of noncelebrity from the Web

For everyone else who yearns desperately for the possibility of a wonky, noncelebrity, experienced presidential candidate, there is nothing.

— madeleine aggeler, The Cut, "There’s Already Anti–Oprah 2020 Merch," 16 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of noncelebrity

1881

in the meaning defined above

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