Pre-eminent

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of preeminent. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "He was in high spirits, doing every thing with happy ease, and pre-eminent in all the lively turns, quick resources, and playful impudence that could do honour to the game; […]"

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superiorabsoluteacmaticall-absorbingapicalarch

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"Tom is pre-eminent among London's poets."

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