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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɛm.əɹ.sən/(American English) /ˈɛm.ə.sən/(British English)

Meaning & History

From an English surname meaning "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.