alehouse keeper
alehouse keeper noun: one who keeps an alehouse.
Noun
alehouse keeper (plural alehouse keepers)
- One who keeps an alehouse.
- Actually, there are no minor roles in Old Debts, certainly there are no minor actors. From servants to creditors (and some actors are double-cast), from alehouse keeper to parson, all create genuine individuals on stage, and make fresh theater of a vintage work.1984 October 20, Clara Hieronymus, “Stylish Discipline Boosts Elizabethan ‘Old Debts’”, in The Tennessean, volume 79, number 197, Nashville, Tenn., page 1-D, column 6
- We then listened to a most interesting and informative talk, with equally interesting slides about ordinary women in Tudor times. About their courting, “espousal” or betrothing, marriage and then tasks expected of women – spinning on horseback, being an alehouse keeper, working in the fields, the...1993 October 20, “Woodcroft WI”, in The Post & Times, number 5682, page 6, column 6
Synonyms of alehouse keeper
Forms of alehouse keeper
| plural | alehouse keepers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ale-house keeper |
| alternative form | ale-house-keeper |
| alternative form | alehouse-keeper |
| alternative form | alehousekeeper |
Questions about alehouse keeper
- What does alehouse keeper mean?
- Alehouse keeper means one who keeps an alehouse.
- What part of speech is alehouse keeper?
- Alehouse keeper is a noun.
- What is the plural of alehouse keeper?
- The plural of alehouse keeper is alehouse keepers.
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