merhusband

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noun

A merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.

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Meanings

nounmerhusband (plural merhusbands)

plural merhusbands

  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 [...]

    1987, Michael F. Page, Robert R. Ingpen, Encyclopedia of things that never were: creatures, places, and people

Origin

From mer- + husband. Compare merwife.

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APA

merhusband. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merhusband

MLA

“merhusband.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merhusband. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merhusband,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merhusband.

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