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merhusband

merhusband noun: a merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.

Noun

merhusband (plural merhusbands)

  1. A merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.
    • A human female starts to long for all her friends and relations ashore, and eventually forsakes her merhusband. A mermaid begins to yearn for the wild freedom of life among the waves, and finds it is very difficult to adjust to the dry [...]1987, Michael F. Page, Robert R. Ingpen, Encyclopedia of things that never were: creatures, places, and people

Forms of merhusband

pluralmerhusbands

Origin of merhusband

From mer- + husband. Compare merwife.

Questions about merhusband

What does merhusband mean?
Merhusband means a merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.
What part of speech is merhusband?
Merhusband is a noun.
What is the plural of merhusband?
The plural of merhusband is merhusbands.

Words near merhusband in the dictionary

  1. Mergui
  2. merguy
  3. merguys
  4. merhorse
  5. merhorses
  6. merhusband
  7. merhusbands
  8. meri
  9. Meriah
  10. Meriahs
  11. Meriam

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