What does husband mean?
Definitions for husband
ˈhʌz bəndhus·band
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Princeton's WordNet
husband, hubby, married man(verb)
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
conserve, husband, economize, economise(verb)
use cautiously and frugally
"I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
Webster Dictionary
Husband(noun)
the male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(noun)
a cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(noun)
one who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(noun)
a married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(noun)
the male of a pair of animals
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(verb)
to direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(verb)
to cultivate, as land; to till
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Husband(verb)
to furnish with a husband
Etymology: [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. hsbndi 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.]
Freebase
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 has varied over time.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Husband
huz′band, n. a married man: (B.) a man to whom a woman is betrothed: one who manages affairs with prudence: (naut.) the owner of a ship who manages its concerns in person.—v.t. to supply with a husband: to manage with economy.—n. Hus′bandage, allowance or commission of a ship's husband.—adjs. Hus′bandless (Shak.), without a husband; Hus′bandly, frugal, thrifty.—ns. Hus′bandman, a working farmer: one who labours in tillage; Hus′bandry, the business of a farmer: tillage: economical management: thrift. [M. E. husbonde—A.S. húsbonda, Ice. húsbóndi—hús, a house, búandi, inhabiting, pr.p. of Ice. búa, to dwell. Cf. Ger. bauen, to till.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
husband
A booby prize in life's lottery.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
HUSBAND
The next thing to a wife. From Eng. _hussy_, woman, and _bond_, tie. Tied to a woman.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
husband
An agent appointed by deed, executed by all the owners, with power to advance and lend, to make all payments, to receive the prices of freights, and to retain all claims. But this office gives him no authority to insure or to borrow money; and he is to render a full account to his employers.
Editors Contribution
husband
A person that is married.
My future husband is a beautiful understanding gentleman and soul.
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'husband' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #897
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'husband' in Written Corpus Frequency: #958
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'husband' in Nouns Frequency: #362
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of husband in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of husband in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of husband in a Sentence
Her husband met us at the door with a gun, we heard him cock it, he pointed the gun as he opened the door and then when he saw me, he pointed the gun directly at my chest.
Three Chicago police officers:
My life has been a nightmare, my life has been turned upside down, inside out. My husband is not with me.
We received word that she had made plans to leave with her husband and very young child, several weeks old, we got an arrest warrant that cited a violation of her release on bond.
Caroline Steer and I had been friends because we all went to the same junior high, we were just in the same circle and same classes all the time, and we just got along very well. They remained close until going to different universities. Steer stayed in New Zealand, while Vanessa Oshima relocated to Tokyo, where Caroline Steer married Caroline Steer husband, Yasu. TODDLER'S BRAIN DAMAGE REVERSED AFTER NEAR-FATAL DROWNING.
One of the biggest challenges is, do I leave my career or do I leave my husband ? at different points of my career, I have left my career. A couple times, me and my husband have lived apart, at one point three years apart while he was on back-to-back deployments. It's very difficult if you have to choose.
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- mandDanish
- EhemannGerman
- σύGreek
- maridoSpanish
- شوهرPersian
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- mariFrench
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- SuamiIndonesian
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- 夫Japanese
- ಪತಿKannada
- 남편Korean
- virumLatin
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- mążPolish
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- soțRomanian
- муRussian
- manSwedish
- கணவர்Tamil
- భర్తTelugu
- สามีThai
- kocaTurkish
- شوہرUrdu
- người chồngVietnamese
- 丈夫Chinese
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