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barghmote

barghmote is the obsolete form of barmote.

Meaning of barmote

Noun

barmote (plural barmotes)

  1. A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
    • The Barmoot Court, kept at Wirksworth, to judge Controversies among the Miners, and adjust subterranean Quarrels and Disputes.1732, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain

Forms of barghmote

pluralbarghmotes

Questions about barghmote

What is barghmote the obsolete form of?
Barghmote is the obsolete form of barmote.

Words near barghmote in the dictionary

  1. bargheists
  2. barghest
  3. barghests
  4. barghist
  5. barghists
  6. barghmote
  7. barghmotes
  8. Barghouti
  9. barging
  10. barging in
  11. barging into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barghmote (page history and authors); barmote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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