emmet

[ em-it ]

nounChiefly Dialect.
  1. an ant.

Origin of emmet

1
before 900; Middle English emete,Old English ǣmetteant

Words Nearby emmet

Other definitions for Emmet (2 of 2)

Emmet
[ em-it ]

noun
  1. Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.

  2. a male given name.

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How to use emmet in a sentence

  • Robert emmet for an abortive attempt to seize Dublin Castle was condemned and executed in 1803.

    The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell Henry
  • The first of these was a tract “What emmet means in 1915,” significant of the direction in which minds were turning at the time.

    The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell Henry
  • Doctor Thomas Addis emmet, only just dead, over ninety, in his younger years as a busy medical practitioner never kept a horse.

    Health Through Will Power | James J. Walsh
  • Those of Pinkney and emmet, however, contained much florid "eloquence."

  • The cattle have been with emmet's company from the time they left Nauvoo.

    William Clayton's Journal | William Clayton

British Dictionary definitions for emmet (1 of 2)

emmet

/ (ˈɛmɪt) /


noun
  1. British an archaic or dialect word for ant

  2. Cornish dialect a tourist or holiday-maker

Origin of emmet

1
Old English ǣmette ant; related to Old Norse meita, Old High German āmeiza, Gothic maitan

British Dictionary definitions for Emmet (2 of 2)

Emmet

/ (ˈɛmɪt) /


noun
  1. Robert. 1778–1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independence

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