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What does eminent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word eminent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
  2. noteworthy, remarkable, great
  3. (of a person) distinguished, important, noteworthy
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The coconut mite was described by the eminent acarologist, Hartford Keifer, in 1965 from specimens collected in Guerrero, Mexico.
He was called on to anaesthetise many eminent patients, who became donors to the medical school.
This year Bealtaine has launched a short story competition which will be adjudicated by the eminent writer and editor David Marcus.
Hochhuth claimed that he had sworn statements from secret informers witnessed by eminent academics.
As a young man he presented a paper on astrophysics that was publicly ridiculed by an eminent astrophysicist.
It is sad that such eminent judges who found themselves in some embarrassing situation had to resort to such tactics.

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