Meaning of Ewe | Babel Free
juːDefinitions
- A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
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Initialism of extreme wildfire event. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin. plural, singular
- The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.
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Epilogue, What Epilogue?; a subgenre of Harry Potter fanfiction which pointedly ignores the epilogue of the final novel. Harry-Potter, countable, slang, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
“This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.”
“Most Ewes are farmers or fishermen, although a growing number are urban dwellers living in Accra, Lomé, and other cities. The Ewes are a patrilineal people, with inheritance passing from father to son.”
“A person from Ho, like all Ewes, attaches great importance to a friendly greeting.”
“Among the Ewes, and equally among other language and ethnic groups in Ghana, names form an integral part of people’s identity.”
“A collective desire to explore some of the themes Rowling hadn't satisfactorily addressed helped fuel the development of hundreds of “Epilogue, What Epilogue?” (EWE) fanfics following the publication of Deathly Hallows.”
“'EWE' (Epilogue-What Epilogue?) fics are similar to some AU stories in that they ignore the often-disliked epilogue of Rowling's Deathly Hallows, and instead create their own future of the Wizarding World.”
“Bringing beloved characters back to life is one of the most recurrent elements of EWE fics, […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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