Definition of wife

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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.

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Monogamy :: Monogamy (n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy..
Accoucheuse :: Accoucheuse (n.) A midwife.
Midwifery :: Midwifery (n.) The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
Adulterer :: Adulterer (n.) A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.
Sextoness :: Sextoness (n.) A female sexton; a sexton's wife.
Marchioness :: Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
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.
Obstetrication :: Obstetrication (n.) The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery.
Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
Helpmate :: Helpmate (n.) A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife..
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..
Millionairess :: Millionairess (n.) A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire..
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
Marry :: Marry (v. i.) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband..
Wifehood :: Wifehood (n.) The state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
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..
Spaewife :: Spaewife (n.) A female fortune teller.
Midwive :: Midwive (v. t.) To midwife.
Stepstone :: Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
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