What does COW stand for?

Commanding Officer's Wife

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Stephen Anthony Aloysius Caudwell, to give him his full name, was expelled from at Eton, sent down from Cambridge and reduced to the ranks of the Argyll and Southern Highlanders after an incident at the Summer Ball involving his commanding officer's wife, and daughter, and the daughter's best friend.

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His arrival causes friction among the men, and he doesn't help matters by falling for the commanding officer's wife.

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There were guided tours of the re-constructed house while a slave cleaned and the commanding officer's wife prepared for guests.

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And on the home front, Jeremy battles with his conscience after starting an affair with the commanding officer's wife.

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