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Alehouse vs Alewife - What's the difference?

alehouse | alewife |

As nouns the difference between alehouse and alewife

is that alehouse is a business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold while alewife is a woman who keeps an alehouse.

alehouse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.

    • Synonyms

    * (place where ale is sold) bar, beer parlour, brewpub, pub, saloon

    alewife

    English

    Etymology 1

    (ale) + (wife)

    Noun

    (alewives)
  • (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.

    • Etymology 2

    . Possibly from (aloof), the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam’s “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131. Possibly from , influenced by Etymology 1 due to large belly of the fish.

    Noun

    (alewives)
  • A North American fish, , of the herring family.
  • A migrating North American fish, .
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  • Any of several species similar in appearance.
    • Synonyms
    * (Clupea vernalis) (branch herring), (ellwhop), (ellwife)
    Derived terms
    * Alewife Brook

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Clupea) * (Alosa pseudoharengus) * (Alosa pseudoharengus)