wife
noun plural[G., a woman.]
Wives.
wife
The lawful consort of man; a woman who is united to man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; the correlative of husband. WIIFE. The husband of one wife. 7 Timothy 3:2, 12. Let every one of you in particular, so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33.
wife
A woman of low employment; as strawberry wives.