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Eam

//ˈiːm// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of External Affairs Minister. India, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "The EAM said that the post Cold War era has opened up new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries. The EAM conveyed India's hope to work closely with Iran in the international forums."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo, the Greek National Liberation Front. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

    "It was only a matter of time before EAM walked out of the provisional government in frustration over demands that the partisans demobilise."

Noun
  1. 1
    Uncle. dialectal, obsolete

    "James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet."

  2. 2
    Initialism of external auditory meatus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm.

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