PROCLAIMED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proclaimed mean? 

• PROCLAIMED (adjective)
  The adjective PROCLAIMED has 1 sense:

1. declared publicly; made widely known

  Familiarity information: PROCLAIMED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCLAIMED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declared publicly; made widely known

Synonyms:

announced; proclaimed

Context example:

the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy

Similar:

declared (made known or openly avowed)

 Context examples 

"I, too, have not been idle," Brissenden proclaimed, after hearing Martin's account of the work he had accomplished.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The ball was now a settled thing, and before the evening a proclaimed thing to all whom it concerned.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I had never heard of the institution, and my face must have proclaimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Each claimed him, and each proclaimed loudly any expression of affection made by him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

They were followed by a banner-bearer who held high the scarlet wedge upon a silver field which proclaimed the presence of the famous warrior.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you live here tomorrow, I'll have your story and your character proclaimed on the common stair.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A glance or two between him and his wife, convinced him that all was as right as this speech proclaimed; and its happy effect on his spirits was immediate.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

And in open court-room, before all men, Jim Hall had proclaimed that the day would come when he would wreak vengeance on the Judge that sentenced him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Men felt these muscles and proclaimed them hard as iron, and the odds went down to two to one.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)