"wife-taker" meaning in All languages combined

See wife-taker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wife-takers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wife-taker (plural wife-takers)
  1. A lineage or a family that accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family. Translations (A lineage or a family who accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family): preneur de femme (French)

Inflected forms

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