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Definition of Wife
1. Noun. A married woman; a man's partner in marriage.
Specialized synonyms: Battle-ax, Battle-axe, Crown Princess, First Lady, Golf Widow, Honest Woman, Homemaker, Housewife, Lady Of The House, Woman Of The House, Marchioness, Matron, Mayoress, Missis, Missus, Old Lady, Sheika, Sheikha, Signora, Trophy Wife, Ux., Uxor, Vicereine, Viscountess
Generic synonyms: Better Half, Married Person, Mate, Partner, Spouse, Adult Female, Woman
Specialized synonyms: Bathsheba, Catherine, Catherine Of Aragon, Anne Hathaway, Hathaway, Rachel, Rebecca, Rebekah, Ruth, Sarah
Antonyms: Husband
Derivative terms: Wifely
Definition of Wife
1. n. A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
2. n. A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
Definition of Wife
1. a woman married to a man [n WIVES] / to wive [v WIFED, WIFING, WIFES] - See also: wive
Medical Definition of Wife
1. Pl; Wives . [OE. Wif, AS. Wif; akin to OFries. & OS. Wif, D. Wijf, G. Weib, OHG. Wib, Icel. Vif, Dan. Viv; and perhaps to Skr. Vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. Vibrare to vibrate, E. Vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [" Germania" 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. Hussy a jade, Woman. 1. A woman; an adult female; now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. " Both men and wives." "On the green he saw sitting a wife." (Chaucer) 2. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; correlative of husband. " The husband of one wife." "Let every one you . . . So love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband." (Eph. V. 33) To give to wife, To take to wife, to give or take (a woman) in marriage. Wife's equity, the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Wife
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