From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheminentem‧i‧nent /ˈemɪnənt/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjectiveFAMOUSan eminent person is famous, important, and respectedan eminent lawyerExamples from the Corpuseminent• an eminent anthropologist• A politician, however eminent or popular, who lacks that base will not reach or survive at the top.• She's an eminentpsychiatrist at the Harvard Medical School.• This substantialrepresentation of Leapor's work drew the attention of at least two eminentreviewers.• This descriptionbearsmarkedsimilarities to those offered by a number of eminent sociologists who adopt the traitapproach.• While he lived Nehru remained the most eminentspokesman for the Third World.• He himself had aspired with eminentsuccess: the conception was a self-educator's dream.• Darling himself designed the first stamp, and an eminentwildlifeartist has been conscripted for this purpose each year since.Origineminent(1400-1500)Latin present participle of eminere"to stand out"