(plural wives ) the woman that a man is married to; a married woman:
the doctor's wife * She's his second wife. * an increase in the number of working wives
seealsoFISHWIFE, HOUSEWIFE, MIDWIFE
IDIOMS see HUSBANDn., OLD, WORLD
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