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husbands and wives

husbands and wives is the plural of husband and wife.

Meaning of husband and wife

Noun

husband and wife (plural husbands and wives)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband, and, wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)
    Synonyms:
    man and wife

Questions about husbands and wives

What is husbands and wives the plural of?
Husbands and wives is the plural of husband and wife.

Words near husbands and wives in the dictionary

  1. husbandries
  2. husbandry
  3. husbandryman
  4. husbandrymen
  5. husbands
  6. husbands and wives
  7. husbands up
  8. husbands' boat
  9. husbands' boats
  10. husbands-in-law
  11. husbandship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: husbands and wives (page history and authors); husband and wife (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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