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.
-
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 am an emmet, that mankind shall tread under foot; not a hornet, that they shall complain of my sting.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by James Ross
Nay, that emmet that I saw was bigger than thou art.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
The learned Sanskritist, H. H. Wilson, quotes the name Pippilika = ant-gold, given by the people of Little Thibet to the precious dust thrown up in the emmet heaps.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"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
To spend his time in idle song, The thoughtless grasshopper was wrong; And not to give a small supply, The emmet mean and niggardly.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Marmaduke Park
By utilizing a bullpen game Friday, the Dodgers built in a full week of rest for Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Emmet Sheehan, who are scheduled to start the next two games against the Red Sox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Emmet Gowin’s intimate photographs of life in the Virginia town of his youth find beauty and mystery in every detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A bounce-back start from right-hander Emmet Sheehan made the Dodgers’ win Sunday possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Emmet Sheehan’s start only lasted 1 ⅓ innings, as he struggled to keep his pitch count low.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The one doctor who settled in Odessa during this period, Emmet V. Headlee, used the dining room of his home as an operating room.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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