wife | | |
n. (person) | 1. married woman, wife | a married woman; a man's partner in marriage. |
| ~ battle-axe, battle-ax | a sharp-tongued domineering wife. |
| ~ crown princess | the wife of a crown prince. |
| ~ first lady | the wife of a chief executive. |
| ~ golf widow | a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf. |
| ~ honest woman | a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time).; "he made an honest woman of her" |
| ~ homemaker, housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income. |
| ~ marchioness | the wife or widow of a marquis. |
| ~ matron | a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified. |
| ~ mayoress | the wife of a mayor. |
| ~ missis, missus | informal term of address for someone's wife. |
| ~ old lady | your own wife.; "meet my old lady" |
| ~ sheika, sheikha | the wife of a sheik. |
| ~ signora | an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name. |
| ~ better half, married person, partner, spouse, mate | a person's partner in marriage. |
| ~ trophy wife | a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man.; "his trophy wife was an asset to his business" |
| ~ ux., uxor | (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife. |
| ~ vicereine | wife of a viceroy. |
| ~ viscountess | a wife or widow of a viscount. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| ~ bathsheba | (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC). |
| ~ catherine, catherine of aragon | first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536). |
| ~ anne hathaway, hathaway | wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623). |
| ~ rachel | (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. |
| ~ rebecca, rebekah | (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| ~ ruth | the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. |
| ~ sarah | (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. |
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