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wives

/waɪvz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
  2. The female of a pair of mated animals.
  3. An adult female human.
  4. (collective) All females collectively; womankind.
  5. A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
  6. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
  7. A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
  8. A female attendant or servant.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data