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Husband

//ˈhʌz.bənd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Harmon Husband. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

    "You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband."

  2. 2
    a married man; a woman's partner in marriage wordnet
  3. 3
    A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist. UK
  4. 4
    A prudent or frugal manager. archaic

    "God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof."

  5. 5
    The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder. dated
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  1. 6
    A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

    "[…] a withered tree, through husbands toyle, Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […]"

  2. 7
    The male of a pair of animals.

    "Husband of the Herd"

  3. 8
    A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.

    "While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind."

  4. 9
    A polled tree; a pollard. UK, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise. transitive

    "And for my meanes, I'll husband them so well, They shall go farre with little."

  2. 2
    use cautiously and frugally wordnet
  3. 3
    To conserve. transitive

    "1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise."

  4. 4
    To till; cultivate; farm; nurture. obsolete, transitive

    "Land so trim and rarely husbanded."

  5. 5
    To provide with a husband. archaic, transitive

    "Thinke you, I am no ſtronger then my Sex Being ſo Father'd, and ſo Husbanded?"

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  1. 6
    To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda (“head of household”), from Old Norse húsbóndi, from hús + bóndi, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) and *būandz (“dwelling, residing”, present participle). Compare English house and bond³.

Etymology 2

From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda (“head of household”), from Old Norse húsbóndi, from hús + bóndi, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) and *būandz (“dwelling, residing”, present participle). Compare English house and bond³.

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