wifebeater
English
noun
Definitions
- One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence.
- (US) A kind of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt.
- (uncountable) , a brand of lager beer.
Etymology
Compound from English wife (now-obsolete meaning m) + English beater.
Origin
English
beater
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alewife English
- archwife English
- beat English
- beater English
- carpetbeater English
- co-wife English
- cyberwife English
- drumbeater English
- eggbeater English
- ex-wife English
- farebeater English
- farmwife English
- fishwife English
- gold-beater English
- goldbeater English
- goodwife English
- henwife English
- hotwife English
- housewife English
- hussif English
- hussy English
- huswife English
- merwife English
- nonwife English
- side-wife English
- silverbeater English
- stepwife English
- superwife English
- wife English
- wife-in-law English
- wifeable English
- wifebeating English
- wifedom English
- wifehood English
- wifekin English
- wifeless English
- wifelet English
- wifelike English
- wifeling English
- wifelkin English
- wifely English
- wifeswapping English
- wifeward English
- wifework English
- wifey English
- wifie English
- wifish English
- wively English
- women English
- ワイフ Japanese
- beter Middle English
- wif Middle English
- 와이프 Korean
- wife
- beat
- hussy
- wifie
- women
- wifey
- hussif
- wifely
- wively
- beater
- wifish
- hotwife
- alewife
- ex-wife
- nonwife
- co-wife
- wifedom
- huswife
- wifekin
- wifelet
- merwife
- henwife
- archwife
- wifeable
- wifelike
- fishwife
- wifeless
- wifeling
- wifework
- goodwife
- wifeward
- farmwife
- wifehood
- stepwife
- wifelkin
- superwife
- cyberwife
- eggbeater
- housewife
- side-wife
- drumbeater
- farebeater
- goldbeater
- wife-in-law
- gold-beater
- wifebeating
- wifeswapping
- carpetbeater
- silverbeater