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

A Mizuho “top pick” in the nuclear area is the industrial automation and process control company Emerson Electric.

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“The Queen of Versailles” has grown tighter since its tryout last summer at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, but it’s still an unwieldy operation despite the impeccable showmanship of Michael Arden’s direction.

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As Ralph Waldo Emerson saw it, Brown’s death on the scaffold turned him into a “new Saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross.”

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Emerson’s latest report is the latest signal that things are still tough for manufacturers.

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A September survey by Emerson College Polling found his opposition made no difference to 66% of registered California voters questioned.

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