prominent
/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/ noun C2- Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.
- In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.
Plural prominents
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Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines of flat-faced pillared, and porticoed houses which are so prominent a product of the middle Victorian epoch in the West End of London.
Besides, it’s not in a very prominent place, as you see.”
“‘My ancestor, Sir Ralph Musgrave, was a prominent Cavalier and the right-hand man of Charles the Second in his wanderings,’ said my friend.
At six he drew a picture of the town pump with a prominent citizen passing it hastily.
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