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Definition of "public figure" [public figure]

  • A famous person whose life and behavior are the focus of intense public interest and scrutiny. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "public figure" in a sentence
  • "These travesties of justice, which Arthur Koestler immortalized in Darkness at Noon, featured a prominent public figure in the dock, tortured into pleading guilty to a long list of “crimes against the State and the People.”"