- broadwife
- [ʹbrɔ:d|waıf] n (pl -wives [-{ʹbrɔ:d}waıvz]) амер. ист.
жена раба, принадлежащего другому хозяину
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
broadwife
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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
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 * * * /brawd wuyf /, n., pl.… … Useful english dictionary
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
