Seawife

//ˈsiːˌwaɪf// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of wrasse.
  2. 2
    The wife of a fisherman or sailor. rare

    "Moreover they are informed that the only Ward family living on the island is “Selkie” and his seawife, and “Selkie” was their great-great-grandfather, dead for a hundred years. / Eventually, after encounters with various people whose behaviour they cannot understand, they find “Selkie”, his seawife and their seven children. […] The seawife legend, versions of which are still told in the Orkneys and elsewhere, haunts this tale of the Ward boys on their Johnsmass eve journey home."

Synonyms

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wrasse

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"Moreover they are informed that the only Ward family living on the island is “Selkie” and his seawife, and “Selkie” was their great-great-grandfather, dead for a hundred years. / Eventually, after encounters with various people whose behaviour they cannot understand, they find “Selkie”, his seawife and their seven children. […] The seawife legend, versions of which are still told in the Orkneys and elsewhere, haunts this tale of the Ward boys on their Johnsmass eve journey home."

Etymology

From sea + wife.

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