"guidwife" meaning in Scots

See guidwife in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: guidwifes [plural]
Etymology: guid (“good”) + wife (“woman”) Etymology templates: {{compound|sco|guid|wife|gloss1=good|gloss2=woman}} guid (“good”) + wife (“woman”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|guidwifes|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} guidwife (plural guidwifes), {{sco-noun}} guidwife (plural guidwifes)
  1. wife Coordinate_terms: guidman (english: husband)
    Sense id: en-guidwife-sco-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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