Definitions
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- noun a former
husband .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
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Examples
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Next, she called her ex-husband and asked him to meet her in the ER, to help get Debora admitted.
Bitter Harvest Ann Rule 2000
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With her thoughts centered on Holt, it took her a second to realize Guy was referring to her ex-husband.
The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980
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With her thoughts centered on Holt, it took her a second to realize Guy was referring to her ex-husband.
The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980
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And, he my ex-husband, that is questioned me about it.
Save as draft Cavanaugh Lee 2011
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And, he my ex-husband, that is questioned me about it.
Save as draft Cavanaugh Lee 2011
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He was just walking me to my car—Billy, that is, my ex-husband of nine years.
Christmas Magic Jack Canfield 2010
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Jilly uncorked her bottle of wine and called her ex-husband in Tucson.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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Jilly uncorked her bottle of wine and called her ex-husband in Tucson.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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Jilly uncorked her bottle of wine and called her ex-husband in Tucson.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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But any woman who could use that word pedant, I reasoned, call her ex-husband “duplicitous” and a “narcissist,” and describe an assistant manager we both worked for as a “troglodyte” was a woman I felt I could spend time talking to and perhaps even want to live with, despite the three kids, a first husband, and her extra year in age.
Closing Time Joseph Heller 1994
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