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

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Emerson agreed that the education and self-improvement parts of the plan were critical for boosting income.

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Laurene Powell Jobs is the founder and president of Emerson Collective, lead investor and chair of the Atlantic and founder and board member of College Track.

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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.

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

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