Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Eminent above others; superior to or surpassing others; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous, generally for a commendable quality or action.
- Superlative; extreme.
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of preeminent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
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