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nonwives

nonwives is the plural of nonwife.

Meaning of nonwife

Noun

nonwife (plural nonwives)

  1. One who is not a wife; a woman who stands in a relationship to somebody other than that of a wife.
    • Pascal's estate was contentiously split between his ex-wife and his nonwife, with artistic decisions ultimately empowered to a banker.2001, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook, 1999-2000

Questions about nonwives

What is nonwives the plural of?
Nonwives is the plural of nonwife.

Words near nonwives in the dictionary

  1. nonwitches
  2. nonwithstanding
  3. nonwitness
  4. nonwitnessed
  5. nonwitnesses
  6. nonwives
  7. nonwizard
  8. nonwizards
  9. nonwobbly
  10. nonwoke
  11. nonwoman

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