husband

Etymology

Definitions

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.
   • The husband and wife are one person in law.
2. 2

   A manager of property

   A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.

3. 3

   A prudent or frugal manager.

   • God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof.
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   1. 4

      The master of a house

      The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

   2. 5

      A tiller of the ground

      A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

      • […] a withered tree, through husbands toyle, Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […]
      • The painfull husband plowing up his ground, Shall finde all fret and rust both pikes and shields
      • He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.
   3. 6

      The male of a pair of animals.

      • Husband of the Herd
   4. 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.
   5. 8

      A polled tree

      A polled tree; a pollard.

   6. 9

      To manage or administer carefully and frugally

      To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

      • And for my meanes, I'll husband them so well, They shall go farre with little.
   7. 10

      To conserve.

   8. 11

      To till

      To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.

      • Land so trim and rarely husbanded.
   9. 12

      To provide with a husband.

      • Thinke you, I am no ſtronger then my Sex Being ſo Father'd, and ſo Husbanded?
   10. 13

       To engage or act as a husband to

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

   11. 14

       A surname.

   12. 15

       An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after…

       An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Harmon Husband.

The neighborhood

• synonymbaron
• synonymhis lordship
• synonymhubby
• synonymhusband
• synonymlord and master
• synonymold man
• antonymwife
• neighborautem cove
• neighborboyfriend
• neighborfiancée
• neighborwidower
• neighborwedder
• neighborpartner
• neighborspouse
• neighborlover
• neighborsignificant other
• neighborbenedict
• neighborbetty
• neighborcot-betty