What is the meaning of Alewife?

  • (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
  • (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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