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EMERSON
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• EMERSON (noun)
The noun EMERSON has 1 sense:
1. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
Familiarity information: EMERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Emerson; Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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