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co-husband en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + husband.

Meanings

1. In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
   • 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. 1997, David Lipset, Mangrove man: dialogics of culture in the Sepik estuary, page 72:
   • The village chief Sambhu, upheld Mahesh’s claim to half of Damodar’s wealth since he was his co-husband 2004, Govindraraj Sulekha, The Co-husband:

Forms

Coordinates

co-wife

Relateds

co-in-law · co-father

Synonyms

husband-in-law · brother-husband

Translations (5)

eo boedzo (in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife) · eo kunedzo (in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife) · pl współmąż (in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife) · es coesposo (in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife) · ik uiŋuraq (in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man's wife)