side-wife

English

noun
Definitions
  • A woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine

Etymology

Compound from English side (long, trailing, ample, vast, distant) + English wife (now-obsolete meaning m).

Origin

English

wife

Gloss

now-obsolete meaning m

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