wives
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
An inflected form of wife · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,732 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,078 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a married woman; a man's partner in marriage also: married woman
wives in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Husbands and wives annoy each other very little in these days.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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If he marries fifty wives, I shall like him all the better.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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Our eight guns had arrived in time for tea, some with wives, some without--one with a playful, giddy daughter.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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The consequences were, that the murderer was constrained to fly to them for protection, with his wives, children, and kindred.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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Lycurgus wonder'd much, men would provide Good stallions for their mares, and yet would suffer Their fair wives to be barren.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1