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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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He was called on to anaesthetise many eminent patients, who became donors to the medical school.
It is sad that such eminent judges who found themselves in some embarrassing situation had to resort to such tactics.
Nor is it the intention of this reviewer to compare the translation with those of other equally eminent scholars.
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.
This year Bealtaine has launched a short story competition which will be adjudicated by the eminent writer and editor David Marcus.

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