country wife

English

Noun

country wife (plural country wives)

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

References

“country wife” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.

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