ewe

Noun (1)

ewe (plural ewes)

1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
   • This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:38, column 2

   Synonyms:

   yowe, yeo, yoe, yow

Noun (2) capitalized: Ewe

IPA/ˈeɪ.weɪ/

Ewe sg or pl (plural Ewes)

1. (plural, singular) An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
   • Most Ewes are farmers or fishermen, although a growing number are urban dwellers living in Accra, Lomé, and other cities. The Ewes are a patrilineal people, with inheritance passing from father to son.2002, James Minahan, “Ewes”, in Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World, volumes II (D–K), Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 590
   • A person from Ho, like all Ewes, attaches great importance to a friendly greeting.2011, Jakob Spieth, “[The HO – Tribe] Economic Life”, in Emmanuel F. Tsaku, Marcellinus Edorh, Raphael Avornyo, Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, transl., edited by Komla Amoaku, The Ewe People: A Study of...

Proper noun capitalized: Ewe

IPA/ˈeɪ.weɪ/

Ewe

1. The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.

Adjective capitalized: Ewe

IPA/ˈeɪ.weɪ/

Ewe (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

Noun (3) capitalized: EWE

EWE (countable and uncountable, plural EWEs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of extreme wildfire event.
2. (Harry-Potter, slang) Epilogue, What Epilogue?; a subgenre of Harry Potter fanfiction which pointedly ignores the epilogue of the final novel.
   • A collective desire to explore some of the themes Rowling hadn't satisfactorily addressed helped fuel the development of hundreds of “Epilogue, What Epilogue?” (EWE) fanfics following the publication of Deathly Hallows.2009, Peggy Lin Duthie, “The Potterverse and the Pulpits: Beyond Apologia and Bannings”, in Giselle Liza Anatol, editor, Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays, pages 45–46
   • 'EWE' (Epilogue-What Epilogue?) fics are similar to some AU stories in that they ignore the often-disliked epilogue of Rowling's Deathly Hallows, and instead create their own future of the Wizarding World.2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, page 280