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émeute

émeute noun: a seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Noun

émeute (plural émeutes)

  1. (archaic) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
    • 1834: George Browning, The Domestic and Financial Condition of Great Britain
      At court, all was uncertainty and gloom ; plots, intrigues, and conspiracies, were the ordinary topics of popular discussion ; and the outburst of some diabolical emeute to subvert the throne, was awaited with anxious...
    • 1841: Frederic Tolfrey, The Sportsman in France
      Certain rumours of an emeute in Paris had reached the quiet little village of Arques towards the end of July, and on the 28th of the month the report was confirmed by the outbreak of the Revolution.

Forms of émeute

pluralémeutes
alternative formemeute

Origin of émeute

Borrowed from French.

Questions about émeute

What does émeute mean?
Émeute means a seditious tumult; an outbreak.
What part of speech is émeute?
Émeute is a noun.
What is the plural of émeute?
The plural of émeute is émeutes.

Words near émeute in the dictionary

  1. éloge
  2. éloges
  3. Élysée
  4. élégante
  5. élégantes
  6. émeute
  7. émeutes
  8. émigré
  9. émigrés
  10. éminence grise
  11. éminence grises

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