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co-wives

co-wives is the plural of co-wife.

Meaning of co-wife

Noun

co-wife (plural co-wives)

  1. In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.
    • If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.1892, Kipling & Balestier, Naulahka, page 247
    Synonyms:
    co-bride, fellow-wife, wife-in-law

Questions about co-wives

What is co-wives the plural of?
Co-wives is the plural of co-wife.

Words near co-wives in the dictionary

  1. co-wash
  2. co-washed
  3. co-washes
  4. co-washing
  5. co-wife
  6. co-wives
  7. co-worker
  8. co-workers
  9. co-write
  10. co-writer
  11. co-writers

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