wife-beater

British  

noun

1. a man who hits his wife

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Other Word Forms

• wife-beating noun

Example Sentences

Depp had previously sued a British tabloid for calling him a "wife-beater," and he lost, even though British law favors plaintiffs in defamation cases to an outrageous degree.

From Salon

He believes the main factor that influenced Mr Depp's victory in America was the fact that his US trial was before a jury while his UK trial, over an article in the British tabloid that called him a "wife-beater", was before a judge only.

From BBC

“We were putting a husky guy with a hairy back wearing a wife-beater in the lead role,” says Jeff Bewkes, a former Time Warner C.E.O.

From New York Times

These two burglaries come at a difficult time for the actor, who exited the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise in November after losing a high-stakes libel case against a U.K. tabloid for labeling him a "wife-beater" amid his highly public split with ex-wife Amber Heard, who accused him of domestic abuse.

From Fox News

But one day, his name might be linked to a legal reform supported by far more Spaniards than those with an affinity for the rapper’s acid-tongued, anti-establishment raps and tweets, which included calling the country’s former monarch “a mafia mobster,” a “wife-beater” and a “womanizer.”

From Seattle Times