alewife
1 of 2noun (1)
ale·wife ˈāl-ˌwīf 
: a woman who keeps an alehouse
alewife
2 of 2noun (2)
plural alewives ˈāl-ˌwīvz
: a food fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) of the herring family that is very abundant along the Atlantic coast
also : any of several related fishes (such as the menhaden)
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
perhaps alteration of obsolete allowes, a kind of shad, from French alose shad, from Old French, from Late Latin alausa
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1633, in the meaning defined above
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