co-wife

noun
/ˈkəʊ.waɪf/UK/ˈkoʊ.waɪf/US

Etymology

From co- + wife.

  1. inherited from *wībą — “woman; wife
  2. inherited from *wīb
  3. inherited from wīf — “woman, wife
  4. inherited from wyf
  5. prefixed as co-wife — “co + wife

Definitions

  1. In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.

    • If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.
    • In fact, [Ayesha] was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives.
    • If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA