Husband Definition
husband
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From Old English hūsbonda, probably derived from Old Norse húsbóndi (“master of house”), from hús ("house") and bóndi ("dweller", "householder"). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic húsbóndi and Norwegian husbond.
Pronunciation
Noun
husband (plural husbands)
- A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse
- 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.
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- See also Wikisaurus:husband
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Verb
to husband (third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded)
- (transitive) To conserve
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- (transitive) to nurture, to farm.
Derived terms
- husbandable
Translations
to conserveSwedish
Etymology
From hus (“house”) + band (“band”)
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Distracted Husband cartoon 2
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:59:40 -0800
By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel longwood ten days before deputies found Sarah Rucker's body on a sidewalk outside a Miami Subs shop with her throat slashed, her husband was arrested, accused of nearly choking her to death. ...