pre-eminent

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pre-eminent (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of preeminent
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: [], volume II, London: [] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC, page 143:
      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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