prominentin.
/ˌprɒmᵻˈnɛnti/, U.S. /ˌprɑməˈnɛn(t)i/ With plural agreement.
Prominent or eminent persons; leading personages. Cf. prominent n. 1a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > (group of) eminent people
greata1325
principalsa1425
the great and the good1624
constellationa1631
grand1667
Pleiad1856
prominenti1927
tycoonery1956
1927 United Amer. 19 Nov. 4/1 All those ‘prominenti’, the so-called leaders of the colony, may as well become resigned to their fate.
1948 P. J. Grigg Prejudice & Judgment ii. 52 A not very successful effort was made to institute an annual Civil Service dinner,..attended by the professional heads of the other services and prominenti from the outside world.
1963 Times 24 Jan. 11/2 A person..under whom the various prominenti of the party will be content to serve.
1978 ‘J. Higgins’ Day of Judgement v. 69 It was an army group headquarters for most of the war, then a prison for prominenti.
1988 Observer 9 Oct. 17/4 Others among the prominenti [in the Conservative Central Office] will remain.
1997 New Yorker 25 Aug. 148/1 In his small talk for the assembled prominenti he would have said it again, even as he put the moves on the young and more personable females at the thrash.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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