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co-husbands

co-husbands is the plural of co-husband.

Meaning of co-husband

Noun

co-husband (plural co-husbands)

  1. In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
    • When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him "co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized.1997, David Lipset, Mangrove man: dialogics of culture in the Sepik estuary, page 72

Questions about co-husbands

What is co-husbands the plural of?
Co-husbands is the plural of co-husband.

Words near co-husbands in the dictionary

  1. co-host
  2. co-hosted
  3. co-hosting
  4. co-hosts
  5. co-husband
  6. co-husbands
  7. co-hyponym
  8. co-hyponyms
  9. co-ignimbrite
  10. co-in-law
  11. co-in-laws

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