wife-in-law

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband
2. isim A wife who provides domestic or social support, but not love or affection
3. isim Another wife of one's husband. Typically used in cases of divorce and subsequent remarriage for one's husband's ex-wife, but sometimes used in polygamy for a co-wife.

   “Many husbands, like the wives-in-law themselves, were deeply divided and upset over a family life that could no longer be defined as a single unit.”