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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFLECTED

pp. Thrown back; returned; as reflected light.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFLECTED

REFLECTED Re *flect "ed, a.

 

1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.

 

2. Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.

 

3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reflected glory

re flect ed glo ry ▶noun fame or approval achieved through association with someone else rather than through one's own efforts.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reflected glory

re |flect ¦ed glory ▶noun [ mass noun ] fame or approval achieved through association with someone else rather than through one's own efforts.