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Definition of Alewife

1. Noun. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.

2. Noun. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.

Definition of Alewife

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.

Definition of Alewife

1. Noun. (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse. ¹

2. Noun. A North American fish (qualifier Clupea vernalis) of the herring family. ¹

3. Noun. A migrating North American fish, ''Alosa pseudoharengus''. ¹

4. Noun. Any of several species similar in appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alewife

1. a marine fish [n -WIVES]

Medical Definition of Alewife

1. A woman who keeps an alehouse. Origin: This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Alewife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. State Sanitation: A Review of the Work of the Massachusetts State Board of by George Chandler Whipple (1917)
"1906 Mystic River and alewife Brook. (Senate, No. 363. ... 2-18 The report states that the Mystic River, alewife Brook and their tributaries are most ..."

2. Town of Arlington, Past and Present by Charles S Parker (1907)
"Pollution of alewife Brook. — Charlestown street named Broadway. — Old elm cut down. — First Union Thanksgiving service. —Arlington Improvement Association. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"V20 in the extent and value of her alewife (called Capital invested (vessels, boat», .bore-property, herring;) fisheries. уЬ'м«0^""* . ..."

4. Popular Tales and Fictions: Their Migrations and Transformations by William Alexander Clouston (1887)
"THE THREE GRAZIERS AND THE alewife. story of Attorney-General Noy and the Three -*' Graziers is a well-worn " Joe Miller," and furnishes a curious instance ..."

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