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emeute

emeute is the alternative spelling of émeute.

Meaning of émeute

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...

Forms of emeute

pluralemeutes

Questions about emeute

What is emeute the alternative spelling of?
Emeute is the alternative spelling of émeute.

Words near emeute in the dictionary

  1. emetophobia
  2. emetophobic
  3. Emett
  4. emeu
  5. emeus
  6. emeute
  7. emeutes
  8. emew
  9. emews
  10. emf
  11. Emfinger

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