"walking marriage" meaning in All languages combined

See walking marriage on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: walking marriages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} walking marriage (plural walking marriages)
  1. (anthropology) In Mosuo culture, a relationship in which partners do not live in the same household, and their children are raised by their mothers and the mothers' families. Wikipedia link: walking marriage Categories (topical): Anthropology
    Sense id: en-walking_marriage-en-noun-NgleEV-V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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