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hewe.

A domestic; a servant or retainer.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A domestic; a servant or retainer.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīwa (“member of a family”), from Proto-Germanic *hīwô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). More at hind.

verb
  1. Obsolete form of hew.

    alt-of · obsolete
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