Both Uses of
eminent
in
In Cold Blood
- As an educated man successful in his profession, as an eminent Republican and church leader-even though of the Methodist church-Mr. Clutter was entitled to rank among the local patricians, but just as he had never joined the Garden City Country Club, he had never sought to associate with the reigning coterie.†
Chpt 1eminent = respected and famous or important
- An eminent citizen, so one heard, was on the point of arrest.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession