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Eme vs Ere - What's the difference?

eme | ere |

As a noun eme

is mother.

As an acronym ere is

layoff (a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortag).

eme

English

Alternative forms

* eame

Noun

(en noun)
  • An uncle.
  • *:
  • *:Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme' kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ΒΆ 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 Marhaus
  • *, II.x:
  • *:Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted.
  • (label) Friend.

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    ere

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ere, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * yer

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) At an earlier time.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John I:
    • Thys is he of whome I spake, he that commeth after me, was before me be cause he was yer than I.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
  • * Bible, John iv. 49
    • Sir, come down ere my child die.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Stirring ere the break of day.
  • * Dryden
    • Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "ere")
    Related terms
    * erstwhile * ere long

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1533, R. Saltwood:
    • As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

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