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wife-takers

wife-takers is the plural of wife-taker.

Meaning of wife-taker

Noun

wife-taker (plural wife-takers)

  1. A lineage or a family that accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family.

Questions about wife-takers

What is wife-takers the plural of?
Wife-takers is the plural of wife-taker.

Words near wife-takers in the dictionary

  1. wife-changing
  2. wife-giver
  3. wife-givers
  4. wife-in-law
  5. wife-taker
  6. wife-takers
  7. wifeable
  8. wifebeater
  9. wifebeaters
  10. wifebeating
  11. wifebeatings

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