HUSBAND

Husband

A husband is a male lifetime partner in a marital relationship. The rights and obligations of the husband regarding his spouse, others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between cultures and have varied over time. In a heterosexual relationship, a man's spouse is his wife.

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husband

Noun

  1. The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  2. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  3. A prudent or frugal manager.
  4. 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.
  5. The male of a pair of animals.
  6. A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  7. 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.
  8. A polled tree; a pollard.

Verb

  1. To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
    For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare.
  2. To conserve.
  3. To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
    Land so trim and rarely husbanded. — Evelyn.
  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.


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