Definition of goodwife in English:

goodwife

nounPlural goodwives ˈɡʊdwʌɪfˈɡʊdwaɪf

Scottish archaic

The female head of a household.
〈古，主苏格兰〉主妇
Example sentencesExamples
- A later purchaser was ‘George Nicoll,’ who bought it from a goodwife (whose name is illegible) for 6d.
- Farmers and artisans, goodwives and slaves - ‘the people most exposed to fortune's slings and arrows’ - adhered to an ‘ethic of fortune’ that violated Protestant orthodoxy.
- He accused goodwife Elizabeth Gregory of bewitching his daughter.
- As Callan looked at her, she realised how tired and overworked the goodwife was, and - although she had never noticed this before - how old.
- She wanted to go see goodwife Eithne's new baby, so I let her go.

Definition of goodwife in US English:

goodwife

nounˈɡo͝odwīfˈɡʊdwaɪf

Scottish archaic

The female head of a household.
〈古，主苏格兰〉主妇
Example sentencesExamples
- As Callan looked at her, she realised how tired and overworked the goodwife was, and - although she had never noticed this before - how old.
- She wanted to go see goodwife Eithne's new baby, so I let her go.
- A later purchaser was ‘George Nicoll,’ who bought it from a goodwife (whose name is illegible) for 6d.
- Farmers and artisans, goodwives and slaves - ‘the people most exposed to fortune's slings and arrows’ - adhered to an ‘ethic of fortune’ that violated Protestant orthodoxy.
- He accused goodwife Elizabeth Gregory of bewitching his daughter.

词汇	goodwife
释义	Definition of goodwife in English: goodwife nounPlural goodwives ˈɡʊdwʌɪfˈɡʊdwaɪf Scottish archaic The female head of a household. 〈古，主苏格兰〉主妇 Example sentencesExamples A later purchaser was ‘George Nicoll,’ who bought it from a goodwife (whose name is illegible) for 6d. Farmers and artisans, goodwives and slaves - ‘the people most exposed to fortune's slings and arrows’ - adhered to an ‘ethic of fortune’ that violated Protestant orthodoxy. He accused goodwife Elizabeth Gregory of bewitching his daughter. As Callan looked at her, she realised how tired and overworked the goodwife was, and - although she had never noticed this before - how old. She wanted to go see goodwife Eithne's new baby, so I let her go. Definition of goodwife in US English: goodwife nounˈɡo͝odwīfˈɡʊdwaɪf Scottish archaic The female head of a household. 〈古，主苏格兰〉主妇 Example sentencesExamples As Callan looked at her, she realised how tired and overworked the goodwife was, and - although she had never noticed this before - how old. She wanted to go see goodwife Eithne's new baby, so I let her go. A later purchaser was ‘George Nicoll,’ who bought it from a goodwife (whose name is illegible) for 6d. Farmers and artisans, goodwives and slaves - ‘the people most exposed to fortune's slings and arrows’ - adhered to an ‘ethic of fortune’ that violated Protestant orthodoxy. He accused goodwife Elizabeth Gregory of bewitching his daughter.
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