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
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In an ant-republic, laws are instinctively obeyed quite as implicitly as though they were intelligibly proclaimed to all of the emmet citizens.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward
All beings, through every gradation of existence, from the toiling emmet to the flaming angel, are formed for activity and exertion.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus
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
What monuments120 Hath man, since then, the lord, the emmet, raised On earth!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
My eighth is in emmet, not in ant.
From Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Emmet Sheehan gave up an RBI single to Padres’ center fielder Jackson Merrill in the fourth inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
A bounce-back start from right-hander Emmet Sheehan made the Dodgers’ win Sunday possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Sorry to say it, but Emmet Sheehan is just not ready for prime time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Emmet Sheehan gives up six runs in 3 1/3 innings as the Dodgers lose in a rout to the Baltimore Orioles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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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