(1) - Alewife (n.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species. (2) - Alewife (n.) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
(1) - Alexandrian (a.) Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. (2) - Alexandrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
