DCHP-1 Online
wife of the country Hist. 
an Indian or Métis woman who was a trader's common-law wife.
See also: country wife
- 1948 McTavish was soon settled in his new environment with his "wife of the country" . . . and his children.
- 1948 McTavish was soon settled in his new environment with his "wife of the country" . . . and his children.