Definition of "pre-eminent" [pre-eminent]

• Alternative spelling of preeminent. (adjective)

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• ""Doug was known as a pre-eminent conservationist," he said."
• "Philosophers have always been the butt of jokes, as the intellectual historian James Miller reminds us in "Examined Lives," his earnest, wistful collection of biographical sketches of a dozen pre-eminent "lovers of wisdom," from Socrates to Nietzsche."
• "Dr. McCall has the unique expertise as a renowned artist and is a pre-eminent expert in communicating NASA Agency themes."