单词 | co-wife |
释义 | co-wifen. A joint wife; one of several wives of the same man. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1892 |
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