Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
wife .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun pl. of
wife .
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- noun Plural form of
wife .
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Examples
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Only by appreciating the distinction made by Plato can we understand why he over and over speaks of the wives of guardians, but never of their husbands, of guardians as "the best of citizens" and "their wives the best of women," and of how the legislators are to select the women and given them to the guardians.
Plato's Women Nelson, R.J. 1984
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Likewise are all the books of "advice to young wives and husbands," especially those addressed to young _wives_.
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They can obtain wives from the idolators; but the Mahommedans would rather give their daughters to the latter, as being real Adeeghas, than to these Christians, who are found chiefly in the interior.
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Elsewhere, the 'cute meet' between Beard and one of his wives is a straightforward repeat of a Robert Mankoff cartoon: 'No, Thursday's out.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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Elsewhere, the 'cute meet' between Beard and one of his wives is a straightforward repeat of a Robert Mankoff cartoon: 'No, Thursday's out.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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Elsewhere, the 'cute meet' between Beard and one of his wives is a straightforward repeat of a Robert Mankoff cartoon: 'No, Thursday's out.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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That's what we call the wives of the Alphas"Alphabettes. "
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994
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Mr. Ho, an avid amateur ballroom dancer who fathered at least 17 known children from four women he calls his wives, ruled over his gambling empire until brain surgery two years ago forced him to the sidelines.
Ho Family Settles Casino Fight Shai Oster 2011
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Although both believe that taking multiple wives is a religious imperative, the number of wives each is alleged to have and the time period of the violations are different.
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Mr. Ho has acknowledged having 17 children with four different women whom he calls wives but whom he may not have legally married.
New Twist in Battle for Casino Dynasty Shai Oster 2011
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