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# hunchback

«hunchback» in Mova's school dictionary: **A back with a big hump or curve, from a medical condition…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hunchback, hunchbacks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A back with a big hump or curve, from a medical condition (kyphosis). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned, often hurtful) A person with such a back; today it is kinder to say a person with a curved spine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#m2)

3) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a famous novel by Victor Hugo about Quasimodo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In classic stories and films; in health lessons about the spine and good posture. Phrases: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, hunchback whale (a mistake: it is humpback).

### examples

- Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre-Dame, rang the cathedral bells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x1)
- Sitting badly for years can give you a slightly hunched back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x2)
- In old stories, a hunchback was often wrongly shown as wicked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x3)
- The doctor checked his spine for a hunchback. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x4)
- Don't call people names about their bodies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x5)
- The novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was written by Victor Hugo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x6)
- The hunchback having agreed to his proposal, the tailor closed his shop and they set off together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/#x7)

### note

Calling a person a hunchback is now seen as rude; describe the condition kindly. Do not confuse with humpback (humpback whale). Adjective: hunchbacked; hunched means bent forward.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hunchback» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunchback/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.