Definition of wife

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Wife (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like..

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Sea Bream :: Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife..
Loyal :: Loyal (a.) True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle..
Ambassadress :: Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador..
Viscountess :: Viscountess (n.) The wife of a viscount.
June :: "June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera..
Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..
Wifehood :: Wifehood (n.) The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
Huswifely :: Huswifely (adv.) In a huswifely manner.
Fruitful :: Fruitful (a.) Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife..
Wife :: Wife (n.) 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.
Margravine :: Margravine (n.) The wife of a margrave.
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion..
Czarevna :: Czarevna (n.) The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
Wed :: Wed (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.
Housewife :: Housewife (v. t.) Alt. of Housewiv.
Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..
Daughter :: Daughter (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Helpmeet :: Helpmeet (n.) A wife; a helpmate.
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife..
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