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noun
A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband
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noun
A wife who provides domestic or social support, but not love or affection
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noun
Another wife of one's husband. Typically used in cases of divorce and subsequent remarriage for one's husband's ex-wife, but sometimes used in polygamy for a co-wife.
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History
From wife + -in-law.
