Wife
11wife — ► NOUN (pl. wives) 1) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. 2) archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. DERIVATIVES wifely adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «woman» …
12Wife — For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). The Merchant s Wife (1918) by Boris Kustodiev …
13wife — good·wife; gude·wife; guid·wife; house·wife·li·ness; house·wife·ly; house·wife·ry; mid·wife·ry; wife·hood; wife·less; wife·li·ness; wife·ly; ale·wife; house·wife; mid·wife; wife; …
14wife — n. 1) (old fashioned) to take a wife 2) to beat; desert, leave one s wife 3) an abused, battered; common law; estranged wife; ex wife, former; jealous; unfaithful wife 4) (misc.) he had two children by his first wife * * * [waɪf] battered common… …
15wife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ future ▪ former (also ex wife) ▪ first, second, etc. ▪ …
16wife — While wives in earlier times appear to have regularly addressed their partners as ‘husband’, husbands do not seem to have returned the compliment and used ‘wife’ as a normal term of address. There is a useful passage in The Taming of the… …
17Wife — Recorded in a number of spellings including Wife, Whife, Whiff, and the diminutives Whiffen, Whifen, Whyffen, and Whiffin, this is a very unusual medieval English surname. Deriving from the ancient pre 7th century word wif meaning woman, with the …
18wife — see a blind man’s wife needs no paint Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be… …
19wife — Wahine. Also: wahine male, pilialo, hānau kama, kahi. Fig.: lei, hulilau. His wife, kāna wahine. To take as a wife, ho owahine. Wife of a chief, haku wahine. Wife other than your own, ali i wahine (polite term). Common… …
20wife — A married woman. The spouse of a man. A woman who has a husband living. Names v State, 20 Ind App 168, 50 NE 401. i As the word is used in designating a beneficiary in a will, it is descriptive of the person of a particular individual, and unless …
