Definition of "pre-eminent"
Alternative spelling of preeminent
Quotations
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; […]
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 143