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Bible Dictionaries
Alewife
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
(2):
(n.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alewife'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/alewife.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alewife'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/alewife.html. 1828.
