Merhusband
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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 [...]"
Example
More examples"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 [...]"
Etymology
From mer- + husband. Compare merwife.
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