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goodwife

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Definitions

  1. A female head of a household.

Word origin

From Middle English goodwyf, godwyf, godwif, equivalent to good + wife.

Used in a sentence

  • "O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people."
  • Goodwife Hopkins
  • Goodwife Hopkins

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