variants
or missises
as in wives
a female partner in a marriage
after their children grew up and moved out, they looked to move into a smaller place where he and the missus could retire comfortably
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wives
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Her sons and their wives came to see her every afternoon.—
Allegra Goodman,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026 -
This is a man who had seven wives, including Ali MacGraw, Phyllis George, and Catherine Oxenberg.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Missuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missuses. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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