a person with an abnormal curvature of the spine that makes their back rounded and humped in appearance.
From 'hunch' (Middle English, possibly from humped) + 'back' (Old English 'bæc'). Compound describing the physical condition.
Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' (1831) popularized sympathy for this condition, essentially revolutionizing how society viewed people with disabilities by making readers empathize with the protagonist!
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