emmet
noun
an ant.
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emmet
1 American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
Chiefly Dialect.
Emmet
2
American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
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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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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
Nay, that emmet that I saw was bigger than thou art.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
I dunno's anybody could stan' it, unless 'twas an emmet.
From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown
Too much for Heaven to make one emmet more?
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
Ant, ant, n. a small insect: the emmet or pismire.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Right-hander Emmet Sheehan and left-hander Justin Wrobleski could fit that description.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
In corresponding moves, the Dodgers optioned right-hander Emmet Sheehan and catcher Eliézer Alfonzo to triple-A Oklahoma City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Mets took the lead in the first when Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan gave up a lead-off double to A.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
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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