goodwife
noun
the mistress of a household.
goodwives
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pluralof goodwife.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like a football quarterback, Dr. Dafoe passed another girl to the dumbfounded goodwives and another and another and another.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the goodwives knew that Elzire Dionne was on the verge of bearing her seventh child, perhaps twins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The village goodwives saw well that he was a wizard, and when he told them that he was a healall, they brought him straight to the smith's house.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
And at that, the commotion of the street poured in again upon me, and I heard sounds in all their particularity—the striking of hooves, the call of goodwives, the heaving of wood off a cart.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Their goodwives had for her always a willing curtsy and a ready smile.
From The Man by Bram Stoker
