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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Couvade (0.00795 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Couvade.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: couvade
couvade
n : a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a
pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the
child
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Couvade
Couvade
\Cou`vade"\ (k[=oo]`v[.a]d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See
Covey.]
A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman
gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if
ill.
[1913 Webster]
The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at
childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in
many cases being put to bed for days. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster] ||
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