Emerson

/ˈɛmə.sən/ name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A female given name transferred from the surname. rare
  4. 4
    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.
  5. 5
    A city in Georgia, Bartow County, United States.
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  1. 6
    A city in Mills County, Iowa.
  2. 7
    A town in Manitoba.
  3. 8
    A village in Nebraska.
  4. 9
    A borough of Bergen County, New Jersey.

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american writerbrandcompanycorporationfamily namelast name

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"As Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it, "language is fossil poetry"."

Etymology

From Emery + -son.

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