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wives

noun as in married woman

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South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so.

From BBC

Three of my best friends who I grew up with in Fresno came out with their wives.

Positions are entrenched, they are fiercely protective of their wives and families and rebuilding that brotherly bond and trust feels a long way off.

From BBC

One male head of a family group might have three to five wives, plus their children.

From BBC

The college sorority, though, has remained frozen in the right-wing imagination as a holding pen for future wives.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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