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alekeeper

alekeeper noun: an alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep.

Noun

alekeeper (plural alekeepers)

  1. An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep.
    • But that Friday morning there was an air of intensity about them that made her rein in Melissa and dismount. They were so engrossed in their discussion that they hadn't seen her ride up, until the alekeeper's wife, Biddy Tomkins, turned round ...2015, Iris Collier, Day Of Wrath, Piatkus, →ISBN
    • The word appears in a defamation case from Somerset in 1600 as an insult directed toward an alekeeper's wife: "she fucketh in every corner with every knave that cometh to thy house."2015, Valerie Traub, Thinking Sex with the Early Moderns, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of alekeeper

pluralalekeepers

Origin of alekeeper

From ale + keeper.

Questions about alekeeper

What does alekeeper mean?
Alekeeper means an alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep.
What part of speech is alekeeper?
Alekeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of alekeeper?
The plural of alekeeper is alekeepers.

Words near alekeeper in the dictionary

  1. Alejo
  2. Alejos
  3. Alek
  4. Alekano
  5. alekeep
  6. alekeeper
  7. alekeepers
  8. alekeeps
  9. Alekhine
  10. Alekhine's Defence
  11. Alekhine's gun

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