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Couvade

Couvade Meaning & Definition
Couvade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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

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Couvade In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 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.

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