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wife noun [ wʌɪf ]

• a married woman considered in relation to her spouse.
• "he and his wife are keen gardeners"
Similar: spouse, partner, mate, consort, woman, bride, other half, better half, Mrs, old woman, old lady, missus, wifey, her indoors, old dutch, trouble and strife, lady, memsahib, helpmate, helpmeet,
• a woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
Origin: Old English wīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib .

take a woman to wife

• marry a woman.



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