plural of wife-giver

plural of wife-taker

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband, and, wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)

A public figure whose character should be free from even the suspicion of impropriety.

plural of wife-beater

A woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine

Alternative spelling of ex-wife

(obsolete) A woman who sells oranges.

An old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales. / the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) / A species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia (Enoplosus armatus)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wife up