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husbandless

husbandless adjective: without a husband.

Adjective

husbandless (not comparable)

  1. Without a husband.
    • For I am full of fear when I behold
      Io, the maid no human love may fold,
      And her virginity disconsolate,
      Homeless and husbandless by Hera's hate.1922, “Prometheus Bound”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 203

Origin of husbandless

From Middle English husbondles, equivalent to husband + -less.

Words formed from husbandless

Questions about husbandless

What does husbandless mean?
Husbandless means without a husband.
What part of speech is husbandless?
Husbandless is an adjective.

Words near husbandless in the dictionary

  1. husbanding
  2. husbanding up
  3. husbandish
  4. husbandland
  5. husbandlands
  6. husbandless
  7. husbandlessness
  8. husbandlike
  9. husbandliness
  10. husbandly
  11. husbandman

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