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em definition

em (em)

noun

  1. the letter M
  2. Printing a unit of measure the width of a capital M in a type font
EM definition

EM

  1. electromagnetic
  2. engineer of mines
  3. enlisted man (or men)
'em definition

'em (əm)

pronoun

Informal them

Etymology: taken as corruption of them, but also < ME hem, dat. pl. of 3d pers. pron. used as acc. & later replaced by them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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