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childwives

childwives is the plural of childwife.

Meaning of childwife

Noun

childwife (plural childwives)

  1. (historical) A woman being churched after childbirth.

Questions about childwives

What is childwives the plural of?
Childwives is the plural of childwife.

Words near childwives in the dictionary

  1. Childswickham
  2. childtime
  3. Childwall
  4. childwear
  5. childwife
  6. childwives
  7. chile
  8. chile con carne
  9. chile con queso
  10. chile pepper
  11. chile peppers

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