Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belwether

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bel-wether
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of bellwether (“the leading sheep of a flock”).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thereto right well this Curdog...will serve, my sheepe to gather and drive to follow after their Belwether."

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does belwether mean?: Archaic form of bellwether (“the leading sheep of a flock”).

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