plural wife

English

Noun

plural wife (plural plural wives)

  1. A co-wife in a polygamous marriage.
    • 2012, Steve Cuno, Joanne Hanks, It's Not About the Sex, My Ass, →ISBN, page 27:
      I fretted about dying an old maid—which in Mormondom starts at around 21 years old—and ending up a plural wife to a stranger in heaven.
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