hunchbackn.
1. 
/ˈhʌnʃˈbæk/ A hunched back.
/ˈhʌnʃˈbæk/ A hunched back.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > hump back
crooked-rig1382
crouchbackc1491
crook-back?1507
bunch-back1618
crump-backa1661
humpback1697
hunchback1718
huckle-back1762
cyphosis1847
bowbackedness1864
kyphosis-
1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft xv. 198 A Man with a Hunch-back higher than his Head.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iii. 161 One Lautrec, a man with hunchback, or natural deformity.
2. /ˈhʌnʃbæk/ = humpback n. 2.
/ˈhʌnʃbæk/ = humpback n. 2.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > hump back > person
crouchbackc1491
crook-backa1513
urchin1528
lord1653
crump-backa1661
crump1698
hump1708
humpback1712
hunchback1712
crumple-back1845
bible-back1873
knarl-
1712 tr. Arabian Nights Entertainm. (ed. 2) IV. cxxiii. 35 The Story of the little Hunch-back.
1813 M. R. Mitford Let. 10 Nov. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vii. 240 The only bearable hunchback of my acquaintance is Richard the Third.
1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 186 A hunch-back..about fourteen years of age.
3. attributive. Humpbacked.
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1850 W. B. Clarke Wreck of Favorite 181 The hump-back or hunch-back whale..with a larger hump than the sperm whale.
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