Meanings
adjectivehusbandless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a husband.
For I am full of fear when I behold Io, the maid no human love may fold, And her virginity disconsolate, Homeless and husbandless by Hera's hate.
1922, “Prometheus Bound”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 203
Origin
- Middle Englishhusbondles
- Englishhusbandless
From Middle English husbondles, equivalent to husband + -less.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish miehetön
- miehetönwithout a husband
Russian безму́жний
- безму́жний (bezmúžnij)without a husband
Turkish kocasız
- kocasızwithout a husband
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “husbandless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/husbandless.
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