wife

A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.

To take a wife; marry.

A woman: now only in rural or provincial use, especially in Scotland, and usually with an adjective, or in composition with a noun, implying a woman of humble position: as, old wives’ tales; a fish wife.

The mistress of a house; a hostess: called more distinctively the goodwife (correlative to goodman) or the housewīfe.

A woman who is united to a man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; a man’s spouse: the correlative of husband.

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.

to give or take (a woman) in marriage.

the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children.