Meaning of émeute | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of émeute.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
   archaic

Equivalents

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.”

“For when threatened with emeutes, Tarantara! Tarantara! And your heart is in your boots, Tarantara! There is nothing brings it round, Like the trumpet's martial sound, Tarantara! Tarantara! Tarantara!”

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