English Dictionary

side-wife

名詞

A woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine

日本語の意味

側妻：正式な妻ではないが、妻になる可能性があり、または実際の妻に加えて妻の役割を果たす女性。 / 側室や妾：正式な妻とは別に、実質的または形式的に妻の役割を担う女性（特に一夫多妻制などの文脈で）

Although he never intended to hurt anyone, he maintained a side-wife in another town for years, and when the truth came out his family was devastated.

彼は決して誰かを傷つけるつもりはなかったが、何年も別の町に第二の妻を持っており、真実が明るみに出たとき家族は打ちのめされた。

意味（1）

A woman who (among others) has the potential to become one's wife, or who is fulfilling the role of one's wife in addition to one's actual wife; a concubine

If, however, his wife gave him a handmaiden and he had children by her, he was then barred from taking a side-wife (as a concubine was called).

side-wives （ plural ）