sister-wife

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.

   “My Grecians shall victorious prove, By me led on to War, the Sister-Wife of Jove.”

2. isim In a polygamous marriage, a woman who is simultaneously the sister and co-wife of another.

   “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”

3. isim A co-wife in general.

   “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”