fishwife – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
fishwife
n.
woman who sells fish; loud shrewish woman, vulgar coarse woman (derogatory)
Fishwife
A
fishwife,
fish-fag or
fishlass is a woman who sells
fish. In this context, the word
wife means
woman rather than
married woman. This usage stems from
Old English wif (woman) and is similar to the
German Weib, also meaning "woman" (nowadays rarely used and usually in a pejorative sense).
fishwife
Noun
1. someone who sells fish
(synonym) fishmonger
(hypernym) trader, bargainer, dealer, monger
fishwife
Synonyms and related words:
Xanthippe, amazon, baker, battle-ax, beldam, bitch, bookdealer, bookseller, butcher, cat, chandler, clothing merchant, common scold, confectioner, draper, drysalter, fishmonger, florist, footwear merchant, fruiterer, furnisher, furrier, fury, greengrocer, grocer, groceryman, haberdasher, hardwareman, harpy, ironmonger, jeweler, liquor merchant, newsdealer, ogress, perfumer, poulterer, saddler, scold, she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, spitfire, stationer, termagant, tigress, tobacconist, vintner, virago, vixen, wine merchant, witch
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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