henwife
English
noun
Definitions
- A woman in charge of domestic fowl; sometimes used contemptuously about menmen.
Etymology
Compound from English hen + English wife (now-obsolete meaning m).
Origin
English
wife
Gloss
now-obsolete meaning m
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alewife English
- archwife English
- bush-hen English
- co-wife English
- cyberwife English
- ex-wife English
- farmwife English
- fishwife English
- goodwife English
- gorhen English
- hen English
- henbane English
- hencoop English
- henfest English
- henhood English
- henhouse English
- henless English
- henlike English
- hennery English
- hennish English
- henpeck English
- henpecked English
- henroost English
- henyard English
- hotwife English
- housewife English
- hussif English
- hussy English
- huswife English
- merwife English
- moorhen English
- mudhen English
- newshen English
- nonwife English
- peahen English
- sagehen English
- sea hen English
- side-wife English
- stepwife English
- superwife English
- swamphen English
- turkey-hen English
- water hen English
- waterhen English
- wife English
- wife-in-law English
- wifeable English
- wifebeater English
- wifebeating English
- wifedom English
- wifehood English
- wifekin English
- wifeless English
- wifelet English
- wifelike English
- wifeling English
- wifelkin English
- wifely English
- wifeswapping English
- wifeward English
- wifework English
- wifey English
- wifie English
- wifish English
- wively English
- women English
- woodhen English
- ワイフ Japanese
- hen Middle English
- wif Middle English
- hano Old High German
- 와이프 Korean
- hen
- wife
- wifey
- hussy
- wifie
- women
- hussif
- wifely
- wively
- mudhen
- wifish
- peahen
- gorhen
- hencoop
- wifedom
- huswife
- moorhen
- sagehen
- henyard
- henlike
- wifekin
- newshen
- henhood
- hotwife
- alewife
- ex-wife
- henless
- woodhen
- merwife
- wifelet
- henfest
- hennery
- henpeck
- henbane
- sea hen
- nonwife
- hennish
- co-wife
- archwife
- wifeable
- wifework
- henroost
- wifelike
- fishwife
- waterhen
- wifeless
- goodwife
- wifeward
- henhouse
- farmwife
- bush-hen
- wifehood
- stepwife
- wifeling
- wifelkin
- swamphen
- henpecked
- superwife
- cyberwife
- side-wife
- housewife
- water hen
- turkey-hen
- wifebeater
- wifebeating
- wife-in-law
- wifeswapping