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concubitant

concubitant noun: one who is obliged to marry another by custom.

Noun

concubitant (plural concubitants)

  1. One who is obliged to marry another by custom.
    • The epithet applied to cross-cousins is veindavolani, which means "marriageable," literally "concubitants"; the epithet applied to ortho-cousins is veinganeni, which means "not marriageable," literally "those who shun each other."1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 2, page 181

Adjective

concubitant (not comparable)

  1. Obliged to marry by custom.

Forms of concubitant

pluralconcubitants

Questions about concubitant

What does concubitant mean?
Concubitant means one who is obliged to marry another by custom.
What part of speech is concubitant?
Concubitant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of concubitant?
The plural of concubitant is concubitants.

Words near concubitant in the dictionary

  1. concubine
  2. concubines
  3. concubinious
  4. concubinous
  5. concubitancy
  6. concubitant
  7. conculcate
  8. conculcated
  9. conculcates
  10. conculcating
  11. conculture

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