Goodwife

  • 11goodwife — good·wife …

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  • 12goodwife — good•wife [[t]ˈgʊdˌwaɪf[/t]] n. pl. wives [[t] ˌwaɪvz[/t]] archaic 1) the mistress of a household 2) (cap.) a title of respect for a woman not of noble birth • Etymology: 1275–1325 …

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  • 13goodwife — /ˈgʊdwaɪf/ (say goodwuyf) noun (plural goodwives /ˈgʊdwaɪvz/ (say goodwuyvz)) Obsolete 1. the mistress of a household. 2. (a title of respect for a woman.) {Middle English} …

  • 14goodwife —    The feminine form of ‘Goodman’, formerly used as a prefix to a married woman’s name, or as a respectable form of address in its own right. By the nineteenth century it survived mainly in Scotland.    It would not now be heard in standard… …

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  • 15goodwife — n. (pl. wives) Sc. archaic the mistress of a household …

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  • 16Ann Glover — Goodwife Goody Ann Glover (died November 16, 1688) was the last person to be hanged in Boston as a witch.Ann Glover was born in Ireland as a Roman Catholic. Oliver Cromwell sold her into slavery and sent her off to Barbados in the 1650s. Her… …

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  • 17The Witch of Blackbird Pond — Infobox Book name = The Witch of Blackbird Pond image caption = First edition 1958 author = Elizabeth George Speare country = United States genre = Children s novel, Historical novel language = English cover artist = publisher = Houghton Mifflin… …

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  • 18Elizabeth Howe — Infobox Person name = Elizabeth Howe image size = caption = birth name = Elizabeth Jackson birth date = circa 1635 birth place = england death date = July 19, 1692 death place = Salem, Massachusetts death cause = executed by hanging resting place …

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  • 19Salem witch trials — Salem Witches redirects here. For the minor league baseball team, see Salem Witches (NEL). The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identifie …

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  • 20Good Wife's Guide — The Good Wife s Guide is a magazine article rumored to have been published in the May 13, 1955 issue of Housekeeping Monthly , describing how a good wife should act. The text and supposed scan of the article have been widely circulated via… …

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