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preeminent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preeminent  \Pre*["e]m"i*nent\,  a.  [L.  praeminens  -entis,  p.  pr 
  praeminere  to  be  prominent,  to  surpass:  cf  F. 
  pr['e]['e]minent.  See  {Pre-},  and  {Eminent}.] 
  Eminent  above  others  prominent  among  those  who  are  eminent; 
  superior  in  excellence;  surpassing,  or  taking  precedence  of 
  others  rarely,  surpassing  others  in  evil,  or  in  bad 
  qualities;  as  pre["e]minent  in  guilt. 
 
  In  goodness  and  in  power  pre["e]minent.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  preeminent 
  adj  :  greatest  in  importance  or  degree  or  significance  or 
  achievement;  "our  greatest  statesmen";  "the  country's 
  leading  poet";  "a  preeminent  archeologist"  [syn:  {greatest}, 
  {leading(a)}] 




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