Both Uses
eminent
in
Animal Farm
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- Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale.†
p. 15.9 *eminent = respected and famous or important
- There, round the long table, sat half a dozen farmers and half a dozen of the more eminent pigs, Napoleon himself occupying the seat of honor at the head of the table.†
p. 136.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(eminent) famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)