English Dictionary

goodwife

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A female head of a household. / (obsolete) A title of respect for a woman.

日本語の意味

（古語）家計の女主人、家の主婦 / （古語）女性に対する尊称

In the village records, the title goodwife marked a woman who ran the household and managed its affairs.

村の記録には、「家長である女性」という称号が家の仕事を取り仕切っていた女性を指していた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A female head of a household.

O my lord the Sultan, said the other [the Wazir], verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A title of respect for a woman.

Goodwife Hopkins

goodwives （ plural ）