What does husband mean?
Definitions for husband
ˈhʌz bəndhus·band
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word husband.
Princeton's WordNet
husband, hubby, married manverb
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
conserve, husband, economize, economiseverb
use cautiously and frugally
"I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
Webster Dictionary
Husbandnoun
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.]
Husbandnoun
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.]
Husbandnoun
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.]
Husbandnoun
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.]
Husbandnoun
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.]
Husbandverb
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.]
Husbandverb
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.]
Husbandverb
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 who is married
The husband is a beautiful understanding gentleman and soul with pure love in his heart
Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020
Suggested Resources
husband
The husband symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the husband symbol and its characteristic.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
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
In the modern world, a girl plays usually with many boys’ heart every year before marriage and after wedding that very woman employs own mind to play with a man who is often none but her husband for many years.
President Reagan will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to President Reagan husband, President Reagan, who died on June 5, 2004. Prior to the funeral service, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to pay their respects at the Library.
My husband and I welcomed our beautiful baby girl, Riley, into the world in October 2020, shortly after Riley's birth through a series of tests with an audiologist, we learned that Riley is deaf.We've made it our goal to give Riley access to as many tools as possible to help her communication and development – that includes giving her access to both American Sign Language, and spoken English.
Patients are often losing everything, they are losing their hearing a little bit, their vision a little bit, their husband might be dead, their friends are dying, but they still have their car.
She is a wife who is notable in her house; she is a wife who beareth children; she is a wife whose husband is as her life; she is a wife who is obedient to her lord. The wife is half the man; a wife is man?s dearest friend; a wife is the source of his religion, his worldly profit, and his love. He who hath a wife maketh offerings in his house. Those who have wives are blest with good fortune. Wives are friends, who, by their kind and gentle speech, soothe you in your retirement. In your distresses they are as mothers, and they are refreshment to those who are travellers in the rugged paths of life.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for husband
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- الزوجArabic
- manželCzech
- mandDanish
- EhemannGerman
- σύGreek
- maridoSpanish
- شوهرPersian
- aviomiesFinnish
- mariFrench
- पतिHindi
- férjHungarian
- SuamiIndonesian
- maritoItalian
- בעלHebrew
- 夫Japanese
- ಪತಿKannada
- 남편Korean
- virumLatin
- manDutch
- mannNorwegian
- mążPolish
- maridoPortuguese
- soțRomanian
- муRussian
- manSwedish
- கணவர்Tamil
- భర్తTelugu
- สามีThai
- kocaTurkish
- شوہرUrdu
- người chồngVietnamese
- מאַןYiddish
- 丈夫Chinese
Get even more translations for husband »
Translation
Find a translation for the husband definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"husband." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 27 May 2022. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/husband>.
Discuss these husband definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In