farmwife
Etymology
From farm + wife.
farmwife means The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why this word is great
FARMWIFE — [Noun] A farmer's wife, especially one who actively participates in the work and management of the farm. From farm ("agricultural land and its operations") + wife ("married woman"). Unlike "housewife" (which suggests a domain bounded by the hearth) or "farmer" (a gender-neutral term of proprietorship), "farmwife" denotes a partnership forged in labor, its territory the blurred line between kitchen and field. It is the hand that delivers a breech calf in the mud of a spring night; the mind that keeps the accounts while watching the weather change over the north field; the quiet veto spoken over the kitchen table that redirects the season's planting. She is the living suture between the home and the far fence line, where duty and devotion are the same raw material.
noun
- The wife in a married couple engaged in farming; a wife who shares in the duties of farming, such as farm management, homemaking on the farm, fieldwork, sales and marketing, or other work.“Farm life is beautiful, my friends, when well and rightly lived. And the very word Farmwife has grown sweeter with the years. Long ago I resented the imputation implied. Today, I say "yes" to the charge, and add that "of the distinction I'm proud." Are not you?”
- A farmer's wife.