broadwife

broadwife: \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural broadwives)
Etymology: broad (from abroad, probably after English alive: live) + wife

: a female slave whose husband belonged to another master in the slaveholding states of the United States

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/brawd"wuyf'/, n., pl. broadwives. U.S. Hist.

a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.

[BROAD (adv.: far) + WIFE]

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broadwife — /brawd wuyf /, n., pl. broadwives. U.S. Hist. a female slave whose husband was owned by another master. [BROAD (adv.: far) + WIFE] * * * … Universalium
broad — [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non Germanic Indo… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
broad — [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non Germanic Indo… … Word origins

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