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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fisherwife

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fish-er-wife
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fisherman's wife.

Archaic

noun

A female fishmonger.

Archaic

Etymology

From fisher + wife.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fisherwives (plural)

Synonyms

fishwife

Questions

What does fisherwife mean?
A fisherman's wife.
Where does fisherwife come from?
From fisher + wife.

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