| 单词 | great wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreat wife great wife n. (in a polygamous marriage) a man's highest-ranking wife; spec. (chiefly South African) the highest-ranking wife of an African chief or king, and the mother of his heir. ΚΠ 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. VII. 236 A man [in Thailand] may have several wives... There is always one of them who is the chief, and called the great wife. 1867 W. Taylor Christian Adventures in S. Afr. xxi. 355 Umhlonhlo, the Chief of the Amapondumsi, sent to Damasi, Chief of the Amapondo, saying that he was preparing to marry his great wife, and therefore he wanted the war to ‘sit still a little while’. 1921 G. Cory Rise of S. Afr. I. i. 22 Among the wives of a paramount chief, one was the ‘great wife’..; her eldest son was presumptive heir to the paramountcy. The ‘great wife’ was, in most cases, the last one taken. 2001 Trav. Afr. Autumn 19/2 Both families opposed their marriage in 1948, the Bamangwato being particularly furious as the Mohumagadi (Great wife of the King) was, by custom, selected by the community. < as lemmas |
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