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barmote en · NOUN

Etymology

From earlier barghmote, berghmote. Compare barmaster.

Meanings

  1. A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
    • The Barmoot Court, kept at Wirksworth, to judge Controversies among the Miners, and adjust subterranean Quarrels and Disputes. 1732, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain:

Forms

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berghmote alternative, obsolete lexicographic
barmotes Number=Plur lexicographic
barghmote alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bergmote alternative, obsolete lexicographic