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hewe

The English word “hewe” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A domestic; a servant or retainer.

Etymology

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.

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