Husband+or+wife

  • 21husband — hus|band1 W1S1 [ˈhʌzbənd] n [: Old English; Origin: husbonda, from Old Norse, from hus house + bondi someone who lives in a house ] 1.) the man that a woman is married to →↑wife ▪ Have you met my husband Roy? 2.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22Wife —    The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4 6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 23husband — [[t]hʌ̱zbənd[/t]] ♦ husbands, husbanding, husbanded 1) N COUNT: oft poss N A woman s husband is the man she is married to. Eva married her husband Jack in 1957... Are they husband and wife? 2) VERB If you husband something valuable, you use it… …

    English dictionary

  • 24husband-wife privilege — civil right that protects a husband or wife from being required to testify in court against his/her spouse …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25husband — 1 noun 1 (C) the man that a woman is married to: Have you met her husband? | ex husband (=a man that a woman used to be married to) 2 husband and wife a man and woman who are married 2 verb (T) formal to be very careful in the way you use your… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Wife’s Lament, The — (Wife’s Complaint) (10th century)    The Wife’s Lament is an OLD ENGLISH poem of 53 lines found in the EXETER BOOK, a 10th century manuscript that is the largest single compilation of Old English poetry. Like WULF AND EADWACER, The Wife’s Lament… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 27Wife — Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Wife's equity — Wife Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Husband & Wife Guesthouse — (Chiang Khan,Таиланд) Категория отеля: Адрес: 241 Moo 1 Between Soi 8 9 …

    Каталог отелей

  • 30wife — W1S1 [waıf] n plural wives [waıvz] [: Old English; Origin: wif woman, wife ] the woman that a man is married to →↑husband, spouse ↑spouse ▪ Have you met my wife? ▪ a refuge for battered wives ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English