a woman with whom a person has a platonic intimacy at work.

(Tyneside) An old woman. / (Tyneside, derogatory) An old wife.

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

plural of wife beater

(archaic) A female apple-seller.

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

(Canada, historical) A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.

A former wife.

In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.

A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband / A wife who provides domestic or social support, but not love or affection