- broadwife
- \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(plural broadwives)
: 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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.