Wiktionary

country wife

English edit

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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=country_wife&oldid=41193165"