Benedict

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
  • adj. Having mild and salubrious qualities.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A married man, or a man newly married.
  • adj. Having mild and salubrious qualities.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Blessed; benign; salutary; especially, in medicine, having mild and salubrious qualities: as, “medicines that are benedict,”
  • n. A sportive name for a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor, or who has been in the habit of ridiculing marriage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
  • n. United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
  • n. a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
    • Equivalent
    benedick   
    Antonym
    celibate   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monk    monastic    saint    anthropologist    married man   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    benedick    neogamist    newlywed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    misalliance    doornail    equipt    co-owner    decedent   
     
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