wife-ridden

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The worthy and wife-ridden duke was soothed by her assurances; for he could not brook the thought of giving her up even after he should be dead.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

Nature intends such men to be wife-ridden and happy.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

Also, let it not be known that she is so weak in courage; it would be held against Marcantonio, to whom the suspicion of being wife-ridden would do an infinite injustice.

From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

How different from his stately, dull, wife-ridden elder brother. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary