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1. (n.) husband
a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his wife.
2. husband
Archaic. a prudent or frugal manager.
3. (v.t.) husband
to manage, esp. with economy.
4. husband
to use frugally; conserve; store:
to husband one's resources.
5. husband
Archaic.
6. husband
to be or become a husband to; marry.
7. husband
to find a husband for.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE hūsbonda master of the house < ON hūsbōndi=hūshouse+bōndi <*bōandi, orig. n. use of prp. of būa to dwell (cf. boor ))
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| Definition of 'Husband' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) husband, hubby, married man
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
2. (verb) conserve, husband, economize, economise
use cautiously and frugally
"I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
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1. (noun) husband
a man that a woman is married to
This is my husband, Jeremy.
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| Definition of 'Husband' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Husband
the male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family
2. (noun) Husband
a cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman
3. (noun) Husband
one who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist
4. (noun) Husband
a married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife
5. (noun) Husband
the male of a pair of animals
6. (verb) Husband
to direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy
7. (verb) Husband
to cultivate, as land; to till
8. (verb) Husband
to furnish with a husband
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| Definitions of 'Husband' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Husband
A booby prize in life's lottery.
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Sense: a man to whom a woman is married.
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 Afrikaans: man |
 Arabic: زَوْج |
 Bulgarian: съпруг |
 Brazilian: marido |
 Czech: manžel |
 German: der Ehemann |
 Danish: ægtemand; mand |
 Greek: (ο) σύζυγος |
 Spanish: marido, esposo |
 Estonian: (abielu)mees |
 Farsi: شوهر |
 Finnish: aviomies |
 French: mari |
 Hebrew: בַּעַל |
 Hindi: पति |
 Croatian: muž, suprug |
 Hungarian: férj |
 Indonesian: suami |
 Icelandic: eiginmaður |
 Italian: marito |
 Japanese: 夫 |
 Korean: 남편 |
 Lithuanian: vyras |
 Latvian: vīrs; laulāts draugs |
 Malay: suami |
 Dutch: echtgenoot |
 Norwegian: (ekte)mann |
 Polish: mąż |
 Persian: شوهر |
 Pashto: میړه |
 Portuguese: marido |
 Romanian: soţ |
 Russian: муж |
 Slovak: manžel |
 Slovenian: mož |
 Serbian: suprug |
 Swedish: äkta man, make |
 Thai: สามี |
 Turkish: koca, eş |
 Taiwanese: 丈夫 |
 Ukrainian: чоловік |
 Urdu: شوہر |
 Vietnamese: người chồng |
 Chinese: 丈夫 |
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