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prominent

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/

The English word “prominent” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
  2. Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
  3. Eminent; distinguished above others.

noun

  1. Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.
  2. In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.

Etymology

From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).

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