Meaning of émeute | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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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