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trad wife

trad wife is the alternative form of tradwife.

Meaning of tradwife

Noun

tradwife (plural tradwives)

  1. (slang) A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid-twentieth century.
    • Ms. Jorgenson is being interviewed on Radio 3Fourteen, a white supremacist talk radio program; it is interviewing her because she considers herself a tradwife.2018 June 1, Annie Kelly, “The Housewives of White Supremacy”, in New York Times

Forms of trad wife

pluraltrad wives

Questions about trad wife

What is trad wife the alternative form of?
Trad wife is the alternative form of tradwife.

Words near trad wife in the dictionary

  1. trad climber
  2. trad climbers
  3. trad jazz
  4. trad pub
  5. trad son
  6. trad wife
  7. trad wives
  8. trad-pub
  9. trad-pubbed
  10. trad-pubbing
  11. trad-pubs

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