ewe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
  2. noun a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
  3. noun female sheep

WordNet

Ewe noun
Etymology
AS. eówu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. ær, Goth. aweÞi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. , Skr. avi. *231.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Webster 1913