Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882. American writer, philosopher, and central figure of American transcendentalism. His poems, orations, and especially his essays, such as Nature (1836), are regarded as landmarks in the development of American thought and literary expression.
Wiktionary
- n. A patronymic surname.
- n. A male given name transferred from the surname.
- n. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
Etymologies
- From Emery + -son. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“[Steven] Emerson is a leading member of a multimillion-dollar industry of self-proclaimed experts who spread hate toward Muslims in books and movies, on websites and through speaking appearances.”
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“Michael Emerson is among the familiar faces in historical recreations (as John Winthrop) as two of PBS 'most prestigious franchises, American Experience and Frontline, team for a six-part (over three nights) survey of American history as seen through the prism of religion.”
“Similarly, in Emerson, he scatters seeds of thoughts at the beginning of the movement — he throws everything at you in the first page — then spends 16 minutes separating the ideas into little episodes.”
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