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n] 
| Ralph Wal⋅do, [wawl-doh, wol-] , 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet. |
[em-er-soh-nee-uhn] , adjective | Em·er·son (ěm'ər-sən) American writer, philosopher, and central figure of American transcendentalism. His poems, orations, and especially his essays, such as Nature (1836), are regarded as landmarks in the development of American thought and literary expression. Em'er·so'ni·an (-sō'nē-ən) adj. |