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emmet
1[ em-it ]
noun
, Chiefly Dialect.
- an ant.
Emmet
2[ em-it ]
noun
- Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
- a male given name.
emmet
1/ ˈɛmɪt /
Emmet
2/ ˈɛmɪt /
noun
- EmmetRobert17781803MIrishPOLITICS: nationalist Robert. 1778–1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independence
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emmet1
Old English ǣmette ant ; related to Old Norse meita, Old High German āmeiza, Gothic maitan
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Example Sentences
Robert Emmet for an abortive attempt to seize Dublin Castle was condemned and executed in 1803.
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The first of these was a tract “What Emmet means in 1915,” significant of the direction in which minds were turning at the time.
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Doctor Thomas Addis Emmet, only just dead, over ninety, in his younger years as a busy medical practitioner never kept a horse.
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Those of Pinkney and Emmet, however, contained much florid "eloquence."
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The cattle have been with Emmet's company from the time they left Nauvoo.
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