montem

English

Noun

montem (plural montems)

1. (UK, historical) A former custom of Eton schoolboys to go to a hill on the Bath road every third Whit Tuesday to demand 'salt-money' from passers-by, for the university expenses of the senior scholar or school captain.
   • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.ii:

     Mr. Surface—it seems, had come home the Night before late from Salt-Hill where He had been to see the Montem with a Friend, who has a Son at Eton—

Anagrams

• moment

Galician

Verb

montem

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of montar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Latin

Noun

montem

1. accusative singular of mōns

Portuguese

Verb

montem

1. inflection of montar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative