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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Baron :: Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife..
Paraphernalia :: Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree..
Wifehood :: Wifehood (n.) The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
Wifeless :: Wifeless (a.) Without a wife; unmarried.
Wifehood :: Wifehood (n.) Womanhood.
Housewife :: Housewife (n.) A hussy.
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.
Adulterer :: Adulterer (n.) A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.
Wifelike :: Wifelike (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman..
Wittol :: Wittol (n.) A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually..
Spot :: Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife..
Wiveless :: Wiveless (a.) Wifeless.
Marry :: Marry (v. t.) To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4..
Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.
Mate :: Mate (n.) Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young..
Sawbelly :: Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.
Feere :: Feere (n.) A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere..
Ambassadress :: Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador..
Mayoress :: Mayoress (n.) The wife of a mayor.
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