fishwife
[
fish
-wahyf]
/ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf/
noun
,
plural
fishwives.
1.
a woman who sells fish.
2.
a coarse-mannered, vulgar-tongued woman.
Origin
1375-1425;
late Middle English
fisshwyf.
See
fish
,
wife
British Dictionary definitions for
fishwife
fishwife
/
ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf
/
noun
(
pl
)
-wives
1.
a woman who sells fish
2.
a coarse scolding woman
Derived Forms
fishwifely,
adjective
Word Origin and History for
fishwife
n.
1520s, from
fish
(n.) +
wife
in the "woman" sense.
Slang definitions & phrases for
fishwife
fishwife
noun
The wife of a homosexual man
(1970s+ Homosexuals)