Boston marriage

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries. historical
    — Two women, as well known as Susan Channing and Edna D. Cheney, have made separate appeals for this new departure of female habit. A Boston marriage is described to be a sympathetic union of two women who have not been able to make good and agreeable matches with members of the opposite sex.

词形变化

Boston marriages plural

词源

Unknown, first used in late 19th century New England, and sometimes connected to The Bostonians (1885) by Henry James, which describes such a relationship.
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