From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Notable \Not"a*ble\ (n[=o]t"[.a]*b'l), noun
1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Notable \Not"a*ble\, adjective [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th {Note}.]
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good ortho["e]pists, n[o^]t"[.a]*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.
3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research" [syn: {noteworthy}]
2: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: {celebrated}, {famed}, {far-famed}, {famous}, {illustrious}, {noted}, {renowned}]
noun
1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: {luminary}, {leading light}, {guiding light}, {notability}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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