guidwife
Scots edit
Etymology edit
guid (“good”) + wife (“woman”)
Noun edit
guidwife (plural guidwifes)
- wife
- 1825, Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother:
- The guidwife had repeatedly given Peter the hint to throw the shawl into the bed, as it would be there concealed till the husband was gone […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Coordinate terms edit
- guidman (“husband”)