wardmote
English
/ˈwɔːdməʊt/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- (historical) A court formerly held in each ward of London, England for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.
Etymology
Compound from English ward (toward, keeping, ward, direction) + English moot (meeting, tree stump).
Origin
English
moot
Gloss
meeting, tree stump
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barmote English
- bearward English
- beward English
- castleward English
- fireward English
- folkmoot English
- hallmote English
- hayward English
- hogward English
- moot English
- moot-axe English
- moot-hall English
- mootable English
- mooter English
- moothill English
- mooting English
- mootman English
- mootness English
- steward English
- ward English
- wardcorps English
- wardest English
- wardeth English
- wardless English
- wardmate English
- wardroom English
- wardship English
- wardsman English
- wardswoman English
- whenceward English
- woodward English
- moot Middle English
- ward Middle English
- ward Manx
- iwodi Zulu
- wot Tok Pisin