Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ale-draper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: ale--drap-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alehouse keeper or publican

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper."
"(Burial of) Isaiah Clifton ale-draper ."
"Fieldhouse, W., the elder, Yeadon, Leeds, joiner, and ale draper, (sued with W. Fieldhouse the younger)"
"1911, Kathleen Schlesinger, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 : Barrel-organ Mr Thomas Brown relates that one Mr Stephens, a Poultry author, proposed to parliament for any one that should presume to keep an organ in a Publick House to be fined £20 and made incapable of being an ale-draper for the future."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ale-drapers (plural)

Phrases

ale-drapery

Questions

What does ale-draper mean?: An alehouse keeper or publican

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