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emmets

emmets is the plural of emmet.

Meaning of emmet

Noun

emmet (plural emmets)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) An ant.
    • He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […], New York Review of Books, 2001, p.47
  2. (Cornwall, derogatory) A tourist.

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Questions about emmets

What is emmets the plural of?
Emmets is the plural of emmet.

Words near emmets in the dictionary

  1. emmetropise
  2. emmetropization
  3. emmetropize
  4. emmetropized
  5. emmetropy
  6. emmets
  7. Emmetsburg
  8. Emmett
  9. emmew
  10. emmewed
  11. emmewing

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