English edit

Etymology edit

pre- +‎ burnished

Adjective edit

preburnished (not comparable)

  1. burnished in advance
    • 2008 March 3, Susan Dominus, “Electing a Woman to the White House: Who’s on Deck?”, in New York Times[1]:
      Like Hillary, Governor Sebelius’s name comes preburnished, thanks to her father-in-law, Keith Sebelius, a former veteran member of Congress, and her father, John Gilligan, the former governor of Ohio.