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gemot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈməʊt/
  • General-American: /ɡɪˈmoʊt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any assembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, rare

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History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).