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36 Old Words We Use Today But With New Meanings
October 9, 2019 8:15 pm
Last Updated: January 6, 2020 2:08 am
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Wife
In Middle English, a wife was any woman, especially an old or uneducated one, but it came to mean a married woman. The earlier meaning has been retained in words like midwife — a woman, not necessarily married, who assists in childbirth.
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