Seawife
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsiːˌwaɪf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Seawife is a noun meaning Synonym of wrasse.
Meaning
Synonym of wrasse.
More Meanings
- (rare) The wife of a fisherman or sailor.
Example Sentences
She was not the model New England seawife who walked the widow's walk atop her house waiting for the return of her sailor.
From the middle of the insistent fisherfolk, Maudlin Trowker, a seawife who had arrayed Nelda for the Briding, stepped up to her and put a tender hand upon her shoulder.
“Did Grandfather never tell you that story? It’s a sailor’s yarn. The old seawife, Ran, sits in her kitchen at the bottom of the sea, brewing up storms in her big black pot. Oh, yes! All the drowned sailors go down to sit in rows on the benches in Ran’s kitchen!”
Out of the total of fifty boats surveyed on practical aspects of seamanship and long distance cruising, forty had a seawife on board. I use the term ‘seawife’ loosely, as the forty ladies concerned included not only wives, but also girlfriends, mothers and independent women cruising on their own terms. […] Wherever possible I tried to talk to the seawives on their own, but when this was not possible, I firmly asked their skipper not to interfere.
Word Forms
- seawives
Synonyms for seawife
Depending on context, synonyms include wrasse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seawives.
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