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paramount

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  1. dominant              
 
1. par.a.mount \'par-*-.mau.nt\ \-.mau.n(t)-se-\ aj [AF paramont, fr. OF 
   par by (fr. L per) + amont above,]fr. a to (fr. L ad) + mont mountain - 
   more at FOR, AT, MOUNT : superior to all others : SUPREME  - par.a.mount.cy 
   n
2. paramount n : a supreme ruler