Other forms: ex-husbands
An ex-husband is a man a woman was married to before. Her ex-husband.
The prefix ex- can go in front of almost any relationship or job. An ex-husband remains a co-parent, which is why the word gets so much use.
1nounex-husbandA man a woman was married to before.
“Her ex-husband still came to every school concert.”
ex-husband is a person.
Middle English
husbonde
English
husband
English, today
ex-husband
From ex- + husband. husband comes from Middle English husbonde. by surface analysis, house + bond.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA