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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Daughter :: Daughter (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Pair :: Pair (n.) A married couple; a man and wife.
Huswife :: Huswife (n.) A worthless woman; a hussy.
Accoucheuse :: Accoucheuse (n.) A midwife.
Landgravine :: Landgravine (n.) The wife of a landgrave.
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place..
Faithless :: Faithless (a.) Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife..
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs..
Czarevna :: Czarevna (n.) The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
Sawbelly :: Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.
Ploce :: Ploce (n.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, His wife's a wife indeed..
Constabless :: Constabless (n.) The wife of a constable.
Stepdame :: Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband..
Sister-in-law :: Sister-in-law (n.) The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother..
Sakti :: Sakti (n.) The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..
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