| 单词 | wife-seeker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswife-seeker wife-seeker n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking a wife > one who wife hunter1752 wife-seeker1788 1788 Reflector I. x. 78 Let us consider what qualities it is in our fair female game, which makes them seem most tempting to those keen poachers, the wife seekers. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 231 The profession of the wife-seeker was greatly in his favor. 1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 May 3 She's enough to convert any confirmed bachelor into an ardent wife-seeker. 2013 National (Abu Dhabi) (Nexis) 13 Nov. Wife-seekers of the past would specify relatively more non-physical attributes, like: being pious, from a good family and kind-hearted. < as lemmas |
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