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country wife Fur Trade, Hist. 
an Indian or Métis woman who was a trader's common-law wife.
See also: country alliance wife of the country
- 1948 In 1829 these two men, each of whom had a "country" wife, decided to visit Britain, to find wives there and to make a trial of bringing gently reared women to live in Rupert's land.
- 1966 . . . James Sutherland and his country wife Jane Flett were formally married in May 1828. . . .
- 1948 In 1829 these two men, each of whom had a "country" wife, decided to visit Britain, to find wives there and to make a trial of bringing gently reared women to live in Rupert's land.