Benedict

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  • noun. A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Blessed; benign; salutary; especially, in medicine, having mild and salubrious qualities: as, “medicines that are benedict,”
  • noun. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having mild and salubrious qualities.
  • noun. A married man, or a man newly married.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
  • adjective. Having mild and salubrious qualities.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
  • noun. United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
  • noun. a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
    • Word Usage
    "(Did you know their eggs benedict is short of terrible when there's no other option?)"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    celibate  
    Equivalent
    benedick  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anthropologist  hubby  husband  married man  monastic  
    Same Context
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    aske  co-owner  decedent  doornail  equipt  
    Synonym
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    benedick  neogamist  newlywed  
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