Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wife-taker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: wife--tak-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lineage or a family that accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family.

Inflected Forms

wife-takers (plural)

Antonyms

wife-giver

Questions

What does wife-taker mean?: A lineage or a family that accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family.

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