See Also: railwayman(dictionary)

conjugal (iou) and railwayman (oh)


conjugal (iou)



conjugal adjective. E16.
[Latin conjugalis, from conjug-, -ju(n)x consort, spouse, formed as CON- + stem of jugum yoke: see -AL1. Cf. Old & mod. French conjugal.]
Of or relating to Marriage, matrimonial; of or pertaining to a husband or wife in their relationship to each Other.
conjugal rights those rights (esp. to sexual relations) supposedly exercisable in law by each partner in a Marriage on the Other. conjugal rites the wedding ceremony; arch. sexual intercourse.
I. Walton The hearing of such conjugal faithfulness will be Musick to all chaste ears.
conju'gality noun M17.
conjugally adverb E17.

railwayman (oh)



[C] BrE
someone who works on a train or railway