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- Dictionarywife/wʌɪf/
noun
- 1. a married woman considered in relation to her spouse: "he and his wife are keen gardeners"
- 2. a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. archaic Scottish
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wife: [noun] woman. a woman acting in a specified capacity.
A wife ( pl.: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow.
