Eme

//ˈeɪmeɪ// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An uncle.

    "Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus"

  2. 2
    Friend. Scotland
Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of not-comparable
  2. 2
    Initialism of Earth–Moon–Earth.; Earth–Moon–Earth. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Initialism of Early Modern English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Mexican Mafia. US, slang

Synonyms

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uncle

Example

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"Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Etymology 2

From Spanish eme (“the letter M”).

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