Meaning of alehouse keeper | Babel Free

Definitions

One who keeps an alehouse.

Examples

“Actually, there are no minor roles in Old Debts, certainly there are no minor actors. From servants to creditors (and some actors are double-cast), from alehouse keeper to parson, all create genuine individuals on stage, and make fresh theater of a vintage work.”

“We then listened to a most interesting and informative talk, with equally interesting slides about ordinary women in Tudor times. About their courting, “espousal” or betrothing, marriage and then tasks expected of women – spinning on horseback, being an alehouse keeper, working in the fields, the house and surprisingly marketing eggs, cheese and butter.”

“Innkeepers, alehouse keepers and victuallers rarely obtain the freedom of the city, having a separate licensing system.”

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