English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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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.
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.