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Definition hus-been in British English

hus-been noun

noun
1

a term which describes a man who is married to a successful woman and who hasn't got much of an identity himself

Example

'The Hus-been,' explains the man who coined the phrase, GQ deputy editor Bill Prince, 'is the man for whom those wedding bells have well and truly tolled, a man who mistook his independence for handing in all of his individuality.'

Definition hus-been in British English