husband

[hus·band]

A husband is a married man. Your grandfather might joke that he and your grandmother have been husband and wife for so long because she has the patience of a saint and he is deaf as a post.

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The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

Noun
a married man; a woman''s partner in marriage

Verb
use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"


n.
The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

n.
A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.

n.
One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.

n.
A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.

n.
The male of a pair of animals.

v. t.
To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.

v. t.
To cultivate, as land; to till.

v. t.
To furnish with a husband.


Husband

Hus"band , n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. hsbonda master of the house; hs house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. hsb'd3ndi house master, husband; hs house + bandi dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of ba to dwell; akin to AS. ban, Goth. bauan. See House Be, and cf. Bond a slave, Boor.] 1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.] 2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak.
The painful husband, plowing up his ground.
He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me.
4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
The husband and wife are one person in law.
5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden. A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.

Husband

Hus"band, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.] 1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far.
2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
Land so trim and rarely husbanded.
3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] Shak.

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.

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Usage Examples

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A good husband makes a good wife.

A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.

A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted.

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh.

A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.

All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.

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