husband
Plural: husbands
Noun
- a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
- A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
- A prudent or frugal manager.
- The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
- A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
- The male of a pair of animals.
- A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position; a husband pillow.
- A polled tree; a pollard.
Verb
Verb Forms: husbanded, husbanding, husbands
- To manage resources carefully and economically; to conserve.
- use cautiously and frugally
- To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
- To conserve.
- To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
- To provide with a husband.
- To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
Examples
- He knew he had to husband his high-value tiles carefully to win the Scrabble game.
- While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.
- You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda (“head of household”), from Old Norse húsbóndi, from hús + bóndi, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) and *būandz (“dwelling, residing”, present participle). Compare English house and bond³.
Synonyms
conserve, economise, economize, hubby, married man, baron, his lordship, husband, lord and master, old man
Scrabble Score: 13
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