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field wife

field wife noun: a woman taken as a lover by a man in the military, during a period of military action.

Noun

field wife (plural field wives)

  1. (euphemistic) A woman taken as a lover by a man in the military, during a period of military action.

Forms of field wife

pluralfield wives

Questions about field wife

What does field wife mean?
Field wife means a woman taken as a lover by a man in the military, during a period of military action.
What part of speech is field wife?
Field wife is a noun.
What is the plural of field wife?
The plural of field wife is field wives.

Words near field wife in the dictionary

  1. field unit
  2. field units
  3. field up
  4. field vole
  5. field voles
  6. field wife
  7. field wives
  8. field work
  9. field works
  10. Field's alloy
  11. Field's metal

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