sister-wife
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.77 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.
noun
In a polygamous marriage, a woman who is simultaneously the sister and co-wife of another.
noun
Example Sentences
- "My Grecians shall victorious prove, By me led on to War, the Sister-Wife of Jove."
- "Ptolemy VII […] married Cleopatra, the sister-wife of his predecessor."
- "Anat as sister-wife of Baal, Isis as mother of Horos and sister-wife of Osiris, Hera as sister-wife of Zeus"
- "Enmities between sister-wives will [be,] from their having known each other too intimately all their lives, more unmannerly than where they are strangers to each other"
- "But thinking of Sarah as her rival in the tepee, as her sister-wife, froze Mary Amanda's heart."
- "Yüeh-niang and her sister-wives, all dressed in formal gowns, came out from inside to greet them and ushered them into the rear reception hall"