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TROPHY WIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trophy wife mean? 

TROPHY WIFE (noun)
  The noun TROPHY WIFE has 1 sense:

1. a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older manplay

  Familiarity information: TROPHY WIFE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TROPHY WIFE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

his trophy wife was an asset to his business

Hypernyms ("trophy wife" is a kind of...):

married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)


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