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English
Etymology
From co- + husband.
Noun
co-husband (plural co-husbands)
- In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
- Coordinate term: co-wife
1997, David Lipset, Mangrove man: dialogics of culture in the Sepik estuary, page 72:When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him "co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized.
2004, Govindraraj Sulekha, The Co-husband:The village chief Sambhu, upheld Mahesh’s claim to half of Damodar’s wealth since he was his co-husband
Synonyms
Translations
in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife
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