1. a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time); - Example: "he made an honest woman of her"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
honest woman
n 1: a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living
for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time);
"he made an honest woman of her"