broadwife
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broadwife — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural broadwives) Etymology: broad (from abroad, probably after English alive: live) + wife : a female slave whose husband belonged to another master in the slaveholding states of the United States * * * /brawd wuyf /, n., pl.… … Useful english dictionary
broad — [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non Germanic Indo… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
broad — [OE] Broad’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, for example, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non Germanic Indo… … Word origins
