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Definitions for emmet
ˈɛm ɪtem·met

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ant, emmet, pismirenoun

    social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Wiktionary

  1. emmetnoun

    An ant

  2. emmetnoun

    A tourist

  3. Etymology: emete, from æmete, (bef. 12c) Cognate to ant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Emmetnoun

    An ant; a pismire.

    Etymology: æmette, Saxon.

    When cedars to the ground fall down by the weight of an emmet,
    Or when a rich ruby’s just price be the worth of a walnut. Philip Sidney, b. i.

ChatGPT

  1. emmet

    An emmet is an archaic or dialect term for an ant. It is typically used in British English.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emmetnoun

    an ant

  2. Etymology: [OE. emete, amete, AS. mete. See Ant.]

Wikidata

  1. Emmet

    Emmet is a city spanning Hempstead and Nevada counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The population was 506 at the 2000 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Emmet

    em′et, n. (prov.) the ant. [A.S. ǽmete.]

Entomology

  1. Emmet

    an ant.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EMMET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Emmet is ranked #77522 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Emmet surname appeared 247 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Emmet.

    94.7% or 234 total occurrences were White.
    2.8% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emmet in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emmet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of emmet in a Sentence

  1. Rudy Giuliani:

    I'm glad to see that Emmet is using a high standard because after all, we've given them everything they ask, thirty-two witnesses, no invocation of privilege. 1.4 million documents, no invocation of privilege. Tell me we have something to hide. We have nothing to hide.

  2. Sarah Sanders:

    Neither Chief Kelly nor White House lawyer Emmet Flood actually attended the meetings but did make brief remarks before the meetings started to relay the President's desire for as much openness as possible under the law, they also conveyed the President's understanding of the need to protect human intelligence services and the importance of communication between the branches of government.

  3. Scott Jennings:

    Having somebody like Emmet sitting behind you makes you feel a lot better about life, i think I'm the last sitting White House staffer to go to Capitol Hill and correctly invoke executive privilege on behalf of the president.

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