Antonyms for husbandless
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : huhz-buhnd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌz bənd |
Definition of husbandless
Origin :- Old English husbonda "male head of a household," probably from Old Norse husbondi "master of the house," from hus "house" (see house (n.)) + bondi "householder, dweller, freeholder, peasant," from buandi, present participle of bua "to dwell" (see bower). Beginning late 13c., replaced Old English wer as "married man," companion of wif, a sad loss for English poetry. Slang shortening hubby first attested 1680s.
- As in unmarried : adj not presently wed
- If I had a daughter I would bring her up with an eye fixed entirely on a husbandless future.
- Extract from : « Frulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther » by Elizabeth von Arnim
- "Well, here are four husbandless women," she retorted gayly.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Will it increase the happiness of the infinite for me to remain homeless and husbandless?
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- The State will have to become the protector of the husbandless mothers and the fatherless children.
- Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
- It was an awkward situation, this being shut up alone in a husbandless woman's house with an unknown intruder.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
- So she was imprisoned in the pond, husbandless, scarcely escaping with her life.
- Extract from : « Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) » by W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt
Synonyms for husbandless
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