"hunchback" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hunchback.wav Forms: hunchbacks [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from hunchbacked. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|hunchbacked}} Back-formation from hunchbacked Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunchback (plural hunchbacks)
  1. One who is stooped or hunched over. Categories (topical): People
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  2. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
    Sense id: en-hunchback-en-noun-LJNgCVMF Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 38 22 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 28 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 23 38
  3. (derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance. Tags: derogatory Translations (derogatory: person with kyphosis): qozbel (Azerbaijani), donqar (Azerbaijani), hrbáč [masculine] (Czech), koukkuselkä (Finnish), kyttyräselkä (Finnish), bossu [masculine] (French), bossue [feminine] (French), Buckliger [masculine] (German), Bucklige [feminine] (German), καμπούρης (kampoúris) [masculine] (Greek), καμπούρα (kampoúra) [feminine] (Greek), púpos (Hungarian), cruitíneach [masculine] (Irish), piari (Maori), corcunda [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), kuba (Tagalog), kambur (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hunchback-en-noun-U6vXYJcs Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 38 22 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 25 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 28 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 23 38 Disambiguation of 'derogatory: person with kyphosis': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humpback, stooped Derived forms: hunchbacked

Inflected forms

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