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Webster 1913 Edition


Hunchback

Hunch′backˊ

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Humpback
.]
A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

Definition 2024


hunchback

hunchback

English

Noun

hunchback (plural hunchbacks)

  1. One who is stooped or hunched over.
  2. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  3. (derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

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