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husband

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌzbənd/

The English word “husband” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  2. A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  3. A prudent or frugal manager.
  4. The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  5. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  6. The male of a pair of animals.
  7. A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  8. A polled tree; a pollard.

verb

  1. To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  2. To conserve.
  3. To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  4. To provide with a husband.
  5. To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.

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