eme

noun, adj — 5 senses

eme

nounalso spelled EME

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

1

An uncle.

Obsolete outside Scotland

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 Marhaus1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

2

Scotland Friend.

Related terms: eam

EME

adj

1

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications Initialism of

› Initialism of Earth–Moon–Earth.

2

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications Earth–Moon–Earth.

3

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Early Modern English.

Related terms: moonbounce

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