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eme

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ˈeɪmeɪ/
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/ˈeɪmeɪ/ · /ˈɛmeɪ/

Definition of eme

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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”
    “Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]”
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noun

  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”
    “Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]”
  2. (Scotland)Friend.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Initialism of
  2. (not-comparable)Initialism of Earth–Moon–Earth.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of Early Modern English.

name

  1. (US, slang)The Mexican Mafia.

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Etymology

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

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