Definition of Honest woman

1. Noun. A wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time). "He made an honest woman of her"

Generic synonyms: Married Woman, Wife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honest Woman

honds
hone
hone in on
honed
honer
honers
hones
honessite
honest-to-god
honest-to-goodness
honest broker
honest injun
honest injuns
honest to God
honest woman (current term)
honested
honester
honestest
honestetee
honestie
honesties
honesting
honestly
honestness
honesty
honesty is the best policy
honewort
honeworts
honey

Literary usage of Honest woman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1878)
"... yet had hardly crossed the threshold of conventionality. CHAPTER XI. TEE DISHONESTY OF AX honest woman. ..."

2. The Physiology of Marriage by Honoré de Balzac (1904)
"What is an honest'woman ? This matter touches too nearly the vanity of the woman and that of her ... I. An honest woman is necessarily a married woman. II. ..."

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