Emerson

[ em-er-suhn ]

noun

1. Ralph Wal·do, [ralf, , wawl, -doh, wol, -], 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.

Emerson

/ ˈɛməsən /

noun

1. EmersonRalph Waldo18031882MUSWRITING: poetWRITING: essayistRELIGION: transcendentalist Ralph Waldo. (rælf ˈwɔːldəʊ). 1803–82, US poet, essayist, and transcendentalist

Other Words From

• an·ti-Em·er·so·ni·an adjective noun
• Em·er·so·ni·an [em-er-, soh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
• pro-Em·er·so·ni·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

In the Emerson poll, only 44 percent of Democratic voters said they would reelect Cuomo if the election were held today, while 56 percent said it was time for someone new.

From FiveThirtyEight

The book chronicles his burgeoning obsession with books and the giants of the world of letters — Faulkner, Melville, Emerson.

From Washington Post

Almost immediately, Emerson infused the Atlantic with resources, growing staff by about 80 positions and bringing on well-known writers in the newsroom like George Packer, Anne Appelbaum and Jemele Hill.

From Digiday

Emerson purchased a new building in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood prior to the pandemic, the company confirmed to Digiday.

From Digiday

According to those familiar with the Atlantic’s finances, the company made about $10 million in profit when Emerson invested.

From Digiday

McDonald channeled us into Holiday's last year of life, in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.

From The Daily Beast

Audra McDonald's amazing performance as Billie Holliday in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' must win her a Tony.

From The Daily Beast

It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.

From The Daily Beast

He has not, like a modern Emerson, surrendered himself to nature, but he has, at last, found his instincts worth trusting.

From The Daily Beast

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every artist was first an amateur.”

From The Daily Beast

He may have meant no more than Emerson, who pictured ill health as a ghoul preying on the heart and life of its victims.

From Project Gutenberg

Give old Mr. Thoreau any seat he wants,” said I, “only Mr. Emerson must sit beside him.

From Project Gutenberg

The calm and peace which Emerson knew, we know; the perpetual benediction of past years which Wordsworth felt, all may feel.

From Project Gutenberg

Now Emerson was an anarch who flouted the conventions of art and life.

From Project Gutenberg

He attempted to put into practice Emerson's theory of anarchy.

From Project Gutenberg