country wife

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Noun[edit]

country wife (plural country wives)

  1. (Canada, historical) A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.

References[edit]

  • “country wife” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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