ex-wife

plural ex-wives · alternative exwife

1. A former wife (from a previous marriage after a divorce).

   Pascal's estate was contentiously split between his ex-wife and his nonwife, with artistic decisions ultimately empowered to a banker.

   2001, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook, 1999-2000

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   Personal stories about unhappy relationships, cheating partners and manipulative ex-wives were often described in detail, usually to illustrate AWALT and serve as the basis for the MGTOW lifestyle.

   2020, Scott Wright, Verity Trott, Callum Jones, “‘The pussy ain’t worth it, bro’: assessing the discourse and structure of MGTOW”, in Information, Communication & Society, volume 23

   His ex-wife said in an interview that she had met Tran about two decades ago at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a popular community gathering place where he gave informal lessons.

   2023 January 23, Jeff Winter, Casey Tolan, Scott Glover, “Gunman had been a regular patron at dance hall he attacked, according to people who knew him”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023