henwife
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A woman who has charge of poultry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about men.
Examples
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Winnie was considered chief henwife at the Parsonage.
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This was a half-witted lad, of very small stature, who had a kind of charge of the poultry under the old henwife; for in a Scottish family of that day there was a wonderful substitution of labour.
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So next morning early, the queen said to Anne, Go, my dear, to the henwife in the glen, and ask her for some eggs.
Note
The word 'henwife' is a compound of 'hen' and 'wife'.
