guidwife
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guidwife — guid·wife … English syllables
guidwife — (ˈ)gœ̅|dwəif, (ˈ)gu̅e̅| , (ˈ)gi| variant of goodwife … Useful english dictionary
goodwife — The feminine form of ‘Goodman’, formerly used as a prefix to a married woman’s name, or as a respectable form of address in its own right. By the nineteenth century it survived mainly in Scotland. It would not now be heard in standard… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
