BROADWIFE


Meaning of BROADWIFE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( plural broadwives )

Etymology: broad (from abroad, probably after English alive: live) + wife

: a female slave whose husband belonged to another master in the slaveholding states of the United States

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