| 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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