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单词 co-wife
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co-wifen.

/ˈkəʊˌwʌɪf/
Etymology: < co- prefix 5b + wife n.
A joint wife; one of several wives of the same man.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polygyny > one of several wives
sister wife1814
co-wife1892
1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xx, in Cent. Mag. June 293/2 If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.
1956 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 18 165 A wife says it to a friend or co-wife but at her husband to tell him that she and his other wives are displeased.
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