Emerson

[em-er-suhn]

noun

1. Ralph Waldo, 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.

Emerson

/ ˈɛməsən /

noun

1. Ralph Waldo. (rælf ˈwɔːldəʊ). 1803–82, US poet, essayist, and transcendentalist

Other Word Forms

• anti-Emersonian adjective
• Emersonian adjective
• pro-Emersonian adjective

Example Sentences

Joseph David Emerson was riding off-duty in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight when he told the pilots "I am not okay" before trying to cut the engines midair, court documents showed.

From BBC

He has been making frequent visits to Emerson Middle School, the feeder school for University, trying to convince students to come out for football.

From Los Angeles Times

While it’s too early for opinion polling to be meaningful, an Emerson College survey published last week showed Brown trailing Husted by 6 percent.

From Salon

He went to film school at Emerson and moved to Burbank when he was 22.

From Los Angeles Times

The family, from Pinkers Mead, Emersons Green, Bristol were staying in an Air B&B a the time.

From BBC