fishwife

n., pl., -wives (-wīvz').

1. A woman who sells fish.
2. A woman regarded as coarse and shrewishly abusive.

noun

A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes: fury, harpy, scold, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen. Informal battle-ax. See praise/blame.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who sells fish
  Synonym: fishmonger

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fiskerkone, rappenskralde

Nederlands (Dutch)
visverkoopster, viswijf

Français (French)
n. - marchande de poissons, poissarde (arg)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fischweib

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψαροπώλις, φωνακλού

Italiano (Italian)
pescivendola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mulher (f) desbocada (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
грубая, скандальная женщина, торговка рыбой

Español (Spanish)
n. - pescadera, verdulera, mujer malhablada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fiskgumma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
卖鱼妇, 嘴臭的女人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 賣魚婦, 嘴臭的女人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여자 생선 장수, 입이 험한 여자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 魚売りの女, 口汚い女

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بائعه السمك , امرأة سمينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוכרת דגים, אשה גסת רוח‬

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