Emmett

American  

[em-it] / ˈɛm ɪt /

noun

1. Daniel Decatur, 1815–1904, U.S. songwriter and minstrel-show performer and producer: composer of “Dixie.”

2. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, in the South, most Confederates would be more familiar with “Dixie,” which Emmett, a Northerner, also claimed to have written.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Cold War simmered, Emmett Till had been murdered less than a year earlier and in Montgomery, Ala., a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr. was challenging Jim Crow.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A noncitizen might win their case, might lose their case, but the key question is, did they receive a hearing?” said Emmett Soper, who worked at the Justice Department before becoming an immigration judge in Virginia in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

His father, Emmett, played football at Notre Dame.

From Los Angeles Times

His brother, Emmett, is a receiver at Texas.

From Los Angeles Times