wife /wīf/

1. A woman to whom someone is married
2. A married woman
3. A woman (archaic or dialect)
4. (also goodwife) the mistress of a house, a hostess (obsolete)
5. The passive or subservient partner in a homosexual relationship (slang)

Denoting a woman engaged in some particular work or in the supply of a particular commodity, as in housewife, midwife, fishwife, alewife

wifeˈhood noun

The state of being a wife

wifeˈless adjective

Without a wife

wifeˈlike adjective

wifeˈliness noun

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