noun
General Slang
wife
WIFE · noun · informal
A woman (married or not)
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Definitions
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A woman generally, whether married or unmarried.
“There was a wife at the door asking for ye.”
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wife In A Sentence
There was a wife at the door asking for ye.
Origin & Usage
Old English 'wif', simply meaning 'woman'.
People Also Ask
Does wife just mean a married woman here?
No. In this North East dialect sense, wife means any woman, married or not, as in 'there was a wife at the door'.
Where does this meaning of wife come from?
It preserves the Old English 'wif', which simply meant 'woman'.
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