emmet
noun
an ant.
emmet
1 American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
Chiefly Dialect.
Emmet
2
American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
-
Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
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a male given name.
emmet
1
British
/ ˈɛmɪt /
noun
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an archaic or dialect word for ant
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dialect a tourist or holiday-maker
Emmet
2
British
/ ˈɛmɪt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of emmet
before 900; Middle English emete, Old English ǣmette ant
Example Sentences
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"I thought my master a wise man; but this man makes my master a fool," says the housemaid in Dean Swift; and it is thus that the emmet Blazer befools you, turn where you may.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
Too much for Heaven to make one emmet more?
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
He is now chiding and beslaving the emmet that stands before him, and who, for all that we can discover, is as good an emmet as himself.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
Emerson talks of his titmouse as Raphael talks of his emmet.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Because that little emmet o' doubt gets the better o' me every time.
From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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