fellow-wife

'Did I ever deceive you?' she answered; 'my friend and fellow-wife, Târâvali, has taken offence at something done or said by our husband, and though we tried to soothe her, she went away, and has not returned; this is the cause of my distress.'

Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes P. W. [Translator] Jacob

This would be thought a sufficiently wonderful fact; yet the phenomena here brought forward as existing in the insect-world are still more extraordinary; for each mother is capable not only of producing male offspring like the father, and female like herself, but also of producing other females exactly like her fellow-wife, and altogether differing from herself.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Fatima seemed happy, for nothing less than a miracle could, in her opinion, save the life of her fellow-wife, who chanced to be a hated rival.

The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850

"Târâvali remained with me, became great friends with her fellow-wife, told her the story which she had related to me, and how her son had been preserved and was taken care of by Queen Vasumati.

Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes P. W. [Translator] Jacob

"Not very long afterwards, with very little consideration for her, he took to himself another wife, a woman of bad character; yet such was the sweetness of temper of the first, that she showed no anger at this, but continued to treat her husband with all due honour and respect, and so gained over her fellow-wife that she became her dearest friend.

Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes P. W. [Translator] Jacob

Zubeideh, "answered she," know that I am predestined to marry thy husband Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat: wilt thou then accept of me to fellow-wife, a night for me and a night for thee? "

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879