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ale-drapers

ale-drapers is the plural of ale-draper.

Meaning of ale-draper

Noun

ale-draper (plural ale-drapers)

  1. (obsolete) An alehouse keeper or publican
    • No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper.1592, H. Chettle, Kind-harts Dreames

Questions about ale-drapers

What is ale-drapers the plural of?
Ale-drapers is the plural of ale-draper.

Words near ale-drapers in the dictionary

  1. ale-connor
  2. ale-connors
  3. ale-cost
  4. ale-costs
  5. ale-draper
  6. ale-drapers
  7. ale-drapery
  8. ale-hoof
  9. ale-house
  10. ale-houses
  11. ale-knight

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