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ex-husband

n. a former husband.

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ex-husband

n. a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex]

Usage examples of "ex-husband".

Nora lived with the two stepchildren her ex-husband had left behind when he hit the road two years earlier.

And that was Wade and, in some unflossed cranny of her memory, her ex-husband, Ted.

Before the trial, Varas revealed her belief that her ex-husband had once wiretapped her laundry room.

A data profile of names, dates, figures, promotions, training grades, personal biography, medical reports, biannual Security reviews, her ex-husband.

According to her friend outside, there’s an ex-husband who lives in Minnesota, but they’ve been divorced for twenty years, and it’s been almost that long since Sheets had any contact with him.

There’s a little bit of diva in me that I try to keep bitch-slapped into submission, because it’s true that people are more cooperative if you aren’t snapping their heads off (go figure), and I make it a point to be as nice to people as I can—my ex-husband excluded—but all bets are off when I fear for my life.

Her ex-husband, Nick Mattson, got his start in his chosen field by helping to film child pornography abroad.

On the other hand, Shelley’s ex-husband had taught her all about the average male IQ when confronted with a D-cup bra and a breathy, little-girl voice.

Charmaine could see that Rusty was annoyed by her bringing up one of her ex-husbands, which pleased her in an immature way.

She'd been working late in her office at the courthouse in Hackensack, preparing for the murder case she would be prosecuting, taking advantage of the fact that Robin's father, her ex-husband, Bob Kinellen, had unexpectedly invited Robin to see New York City's Big Apple Circus, followed by dinner.

Oh, yes, you'd just asked me if I'd stolen the sax, said your ex-husband had told you bad things happen when I playa house party.

Frank would have quickly and quietly hustled her away if she'd told him there had been a mistake, that he, Lucas, wasn't her ex-husband.

My ex-husband used to do that with every long-distance call I made.

From what Rhonda tells me she's a very nice woman, but much more important, she's a lottery winner who's been shafted by her ex-husband.

My mother—Anasage— also had an elder sister, Rashalleila by name, who had become a successful merchantwoman on her own thanks to a start given her by Anasage's since-deceased ex-husband.