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goodwife (iou)



goodwife noun. . ME.
[from GOOD adjective + WIFE noun.]
The female head of a household, a housewife; esp. a wife (in relation to her husband). Now chiefly Scot. arch. ME.
As a prefix to the surname of a woman (usu. of low rank): Mrs. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.