/ Dictionary / Index B broadwife: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: broad•wife Pronunciation: (brôd'wīf"), [key] — pl. -wives. a female slave whose husband was owned by another master. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Broadway broad-winged hawk Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language