"side-wife" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: side-wives [plural]
Etymology: From side + wife. Compare Dutch bijwijf (“concubine”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|side|wife}} side + wife, {{cog|nl|bijwijf|t=concubine}} Dutch bijwijf (“concubine”) Head templates: {{en-noun|side-wives}} side-wife (plural side-wives)
  1. 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 Synonyms: side wife, sidewife
    Sense id: en-side-wife-en-noun--y9fLkb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1903, Sydney Russell Wrightington, Horace Williams Fuller, Arthur Weightman Spencer, The Green Bag - Volume 15:",
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          "text": "A gilly (or sheevin) is a side-wife taken by a man who already has a legal wife.",
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