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plural wives

plural wives is the plural of plural wife.

Meaning of plural wife

Noun

plural wife (plural plural wives)

  1. A co-wife in a polygamous marriage.
    • I fretted about dying an old maid—which in Mormondom starts at around 21 years old—and ending up a plural wife to a stranger in heaven.2012, Steve Cuno, Joanne Hanks, It's Not About the Sex, My Ass, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about plural wives

What is plural wives the plural of?
Plural wives is the plural of plural wife.

Words near plural wives in the dictionary

  1. plural of modesty
  2. plural relations
  3. plural system
  4. plural systems
  5. plural wife
  6. plural wives
  7. plural-plural
  8. plurale tantum
  9. pluralia tanta
  10. pluralia tantum
  11. pluralisability

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