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alekeeper

noun

Etymology

From ale + keeper.

  1. inherited from kepere
  2. compounded as alekeeper — “ale + keeper”

Definitions

  1. An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse

    An alehouse-keeper, a person who operates an alehouse; a tavernkeeper, an alekeep.

    • 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."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA