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Webster 1913 Edition

Archwife

Archˊwife′

,

Noun.

[Pref.

arch-

+

wife

.]

A big, masculine wife.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Definition 2024

archwife

archwife

English

Noun

archwife ‎(plural archwives)

(obsolete) A big, masculine wife.
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