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BENEDICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does benedick mean?
• BENEDICK (noun)
The noun BENEDICK has 1 sense:
1. a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
Familiarity information: BENEDICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
benedick; benedict
Hypernyms ("benedick" is a kind of...):
hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)
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