husbandlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndləs/, U.S.

/ˈhəzb(ə)n(d)ləs/

Forms: see husband n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: husband n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < husband n. + -less suffix.

Without a husband; unmarried; bereaved of a husband, widowed.

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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 14543 (MED) There many a lady was husbondles, and many a sostyr brothirles.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 4 Their vowed wyuelesse and husbandelesse chastyte is altogyther of the deuyll.

1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes sig. V iij^v Wiuelesse Bachelers and husbandlesse maydens.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 14 A widdow, husbandles, subiect to feares.

1680 J. Rushworth Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 760 Then said he, I have nigh done; One stroak will make my Wife Husbandless, my dear Children Fatherless.

1736 Polit. State Great Brit. Mar. 279 Thus was she Bride, Wife, Mother, husbandless and childless in the Course of one Week.

1777 D. Interesting Addr. Libels 58 America, by whose hostility, those widows were left husbandless.

1790 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 2 Till husbandless, houseless, without wealth or land, Poor Sentiment closes by walking the Strand.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 246 Sonless mothers thou hast left us, Weeping wives and husbandless.

1906 Baroness von Hutten What became of Pam 14 A husbandless woman was indeed a failure.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 153 One must make sacrifices for a husbandless niece.

2011 A. Humpherys in D. Paroissien Compan. Dickens xxiix. 395 The more willing we are for her..to accept her lonely end—husbandless, childless, a looker-on at life—as appropriate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	husbandless
释义	husbandlessadj. Brit. /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndləs/, U.S. /ˈhəzb(ə)n(d)ləs/ Forms: see husband n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: husband n., -less suffix. Etymology: < husband n. + -less suffix. Without a husband; unmarried; bereaved of a husband, widowed. ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 14543 (MED) There many a lady was husbondles, and many a sostyr brothirles. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 4 Their vowed wyuelesse and husbandelesse chastyte is altogyther of the deuyll. 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes sig. V iij^v Wiuelesse Bachelers and husbandlesse maydens. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 14 A widdow, husbandles, subiect to feares. View more context for this quotation 1680 J. Rushworth Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 760 Then said he, I have nigh done; One stroak will make my Wife Husbandless, my dear Children Fatherless. 1736 Polit. State Great Brit. Mar. 279 Thus was she Bride, Wife, Mother, husbandless and childless in the Course of one Week. 1777 D. Interesting Addr. Libels 58 America, by whose hostility, those widows were left husbandless. 1790 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 2 Till husbandless, houseless, without wealth or land, Poor Sentiment closes by walking the Strand. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 246 Sonless mothers thou hast left us, Weeping wives and husbandless. 1906 Baroness von Hutten What became of Pam 14 A husbandless woman was indeed a failure. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 153 One must make sacrifices for a husbandless niece. 2011 A. Humpherys in D. Paroissien Compan. Dickens xxiix. 395 The more willing we are for her..to accept her lonely end—husbandless, childless, a looker-on at life—as appropriate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1450
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