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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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