Found 2 items, similar to Preeminent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: preeminent
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)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preeminent
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.
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In goodness and in power pre["e]minent. --Milton.
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