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émeute

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1834: George Browning, The Domestic and Financial Condition of Great Britain At court, all was uncertainty and gloom ; plots, intrigues, and conspiracies, were the ordinary topics of popular discussion ; and the outburst of some diabolical emeute to subvert the throne, was awaited with anxious apprehension.
  • 1841: Frederic Tolfrey, The Sportsman in France Certain rumours of an emeute in Paris had reached the quiet little village of Arques towards the end of July, and on the 28th of the month the report was confirmed by the outbreak of the Revolution.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French.