wife
Noun
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is a type of:
- better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse - a person's partner in marriage
- adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
subtypes:- battle-ax, battle-axe - 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)
- 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
- sheika, sheikha - the wife of a sheik
- signora - an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name
- trophy wife - a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
- ux., uxor - (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife
- vicereine - wife of a viceroy
- viscountess - a wife or widow of a viscount
specific instances:- 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
same as: married woman
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