1.
(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
our distinguished professor
2.
used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
his distinguished bearing
3.
set apart from other such things
Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years.