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honeymooner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhʌn.iˌmunə/ (UK)
• ər (US)
• /ˈhʌn.iˌmunɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From honeymoon + -er.

Meanings

1. A person currently on their honeymoon.
   • It begins, as so many Chinese legal dramas do, with a perfectly ordinary act. A pastor buys a plane ticket, passes through customs, and takes his friends to South Korea’s Jeju Island—a visa‑free paradise better known for honeymooners than dissidents. They return home, suntanned and unscathed. Months later, the pastor is in shackles, accused of “organizing others to cross the national border illegally.” 2025 November 26, Fang Yongrui (pseudonym), “Tourism as Treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao Sentenced to Four and a Half Years for a Trip”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2025:

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