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What is "patrilocal"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
patrilocal

1906, from patri- + local (adj.).

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patrilocal

a. 1 (context of a married couple English) living with the family of the husband. 2 (context anthropology of a people or culture English) In which newly married couples live with the male's family.