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UNWED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unwed mean?
• UNWED (adjective)
The adjective UNWED has 1 sense:
1. of someone who has not been married
Familiarity information: UNWED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of someone who has not been married
Synonyms:
unwed; unwedded
Context example:
unwed mother
Similar:
single; unmarried (not married or related to the unmarried state)
Context examples
How can we be for ever together—sometimes in solitudes, sometimes amidst savage tribes—and unwed?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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