All 3 Uses of
eminent
in
The Martian Chronicles
- What eminent sociologists!
Chpt 17 *eminent = respected and famous or important
- Eminent, eminent people, one and all, members of the Society for the Prevention of Fantasy, advocators of the banishment of Halloween and Guy Fawkes, killers of bats, burners of books, bearers of torches; good clean citizens, every one, who had waited until the rough men had come up and buried the Martians and cleansed the cities and built the towns and repaired the highways and made everything safe.†
Chpt 17
- Eminent, eminent people, one and all, members of the Society for the Prevention of Fantasy, advocators of the banishment of Halloween and Guy Fawkes, killers of bats, burners of books, bearers of torches; good clean citizens, every one, who had waited until the rough men had come up and buried the Martians and cleansed the cities and built the towns and repaired the highways and made everything safe.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(eminent) respected and famous or important
or:
describing something as outstanding, admired, or of high quality