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Phrases 19
- husbands and wivesplural of husband and wife: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband, and, wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Murder HusbandsSynonym of Hannigram: The ship of characters Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham from the television series Hannibal.
- Ineffable HusbandsThe ship of characters Aziraphale and Crowley from the novel Good Omens and its television adaptation.
- co-husbandsplural of co-husband: In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
- ex-husbandsplural of ex-husband: A former husband (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
- house husbandsplural of house husband: A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
- jealous husbands problemA logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.
- brother-husbandsplural of brother-husband: A man who is simultaneously brother and husband to his spouse.
- First Husbandsplural of First Husband: A man who is the spouse of a sitting president.
- ice husbandsplural of ice husband: A colleague in Antarctica who becomes one's work husband.
- trophy husbandsplural of trophy husband: A husband, usually young and attractive, regarded as a status symbol for his spouse, usually older and affluent.
- work husbandsplural of work husband: A man with whom another person has a platonic intimacy at work.
- husbands-in-lawplural of husband-in-law: A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife
- jealous husbands problemsplural of jealous husbands problem: A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.
- husbands upthird-person singular simple present indicative of husband up: To manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.
- husbands' boatThe Saturday-afternoon packet boat from London to Margate during the summer season.
- husbands' boatsplural of husbands' boat: The Saturday-afternoon packet boat from London to Margate during the summer season.
- ships' husbandsplural of ship's husband: An agent who has the authority to repair and outfit a particular ship
- gingerbread husbandsplural of gingerbread husband: Synonym of gingerbread man (“a type of biscuit or cookie”).
Compound words 7
- cyberhusbandsplural of cyberhusband: A husband through cybermarriage.
- hothusbandsplural of hothusband: A husband who has sex with people other than his spouse, with the spouse's approval.
- househusbandsplural of househusband: A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
- husbandshipsplural of husbandship: The role or status of a husband
- merhusbandsplural of merhusband: A merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.
- Younghusbandsplural of Younghusband: A surname.
- midhusbandsplural of midhusband: masculine equivalent of midwife: A male midwife.