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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ant. archaic, dialectal

   "He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]"

2. 2
   social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers wordnet
3. 3
   A tourist. Cornwall, derogatory

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. 3
   A ghost town in Queensland, Australia.
4. 4
   A city in Nevada and Hempstead, Arkansas.
5. 5
   A village in Holt County, Nebraska.

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6. 6
   An unincorporated community in McLean County, North Dakota.
7. 7
   A ghost town in Union County, South Dakota.
8. 8
   A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
9. 9
   A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms

All synonyms

antantdudenon-local personpismirequeen

Example

More examples

"This is a socio-linguistic study on Steven Emmet."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant.

Etymology 2

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

Related phrases

Emmet Countyfour-legged emmet

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.