merhusband en · NOUN
Etymology
From mer- + husband. Compare merwife.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| merhusbands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |