esteemed

adjective

es·​teemed i-ˈstēmd How to pronounce esteemed (audio)
: highly regarded
an esteemed author
my esteemed colleagues
our esteemed leader/guests
He also wrote to Richard Randolph's stepfather, the esteemed lawyer St. George Tucker …Garry Wills
… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …Lucy Scholes
… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."David M. Kennedy
… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …Lia Russell
If, as they say, I am a Man of Letters I come, like my fellows, at the tail-end of a long once esteemed tradition in English and American writing.V. S. Pritchett

Examples of esteemed in a Sentence

concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist
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Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of esteemed was in 1549

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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.

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