Definition of Wife

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Definition of Wife

Wife

A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.

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Wife Quotations

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
Zig Ziglar

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Zig Ziglar

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.
Barack Obama

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Winston Churchill

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.
Winston Churchill

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
C. S. Lewis

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
Benjamin Franklin

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
Benjamin Franklin

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Benjamin Franklin

Wife Translations

wife in Afrikaans is gade, vrou
wife in Danish is kone, hustru
wife in Dutch is echtgenote, eega, gemalin, vrouw
wife in German is Ehefrau, Gattin, Frau
wife in Italian is moglie, femmina, signora
wife in Latin is uxor
wife in Portuguese is mulher, esposa
wife in Spanish is esposa, mujer
wife in Swedish is maka, fru, hustru

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