Husband Definition

hŭzbənd
husbanded, husbanding, husbands
noun
husbands
A man with reference to the person to whom he is married.
Webster's New World
Any married man.
Webster's New World
A manager, as of a household.
Webster's New World
A prudent, thrifty manager.
American Heritage
Hakewill.
The painful husband, ploughing up his ground.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
husbanded, husbanding, husbands
To manage economically; conserve.
Webster's New World
To provide with a husband or become the husband of; marry.
Webster's New World
To cultivate (soil or plants)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Husband

Noun

Singular:
husband
Plural:
husbands

Origin of Husband

  • Rather not bond = serf, but present participle of WestScand. búa, EastScand. bôa = to build, to plow; cf. German bauen, der Bauende. Cognate with Icelandic húsbóndi (“head of household”), Faroese húsbóndi (“husband”), Norwegian husbond (“head of household, husband”), Swedish husbonde (“master”), Danish husbonde (“husband”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, hūsbunda (“male head of a household, householder, master of a house”), probably from Old Norse húsbóndi (“master of house”), from hús (“house”) + bóndi (“dweller, householder”), equivalent to house +‎ bond (“serf, slave”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English huseband from Old English hūsbōnda from Old Norse hūsbōndi hūs house bōndi, būandi householder present participle of būa to dwell bheuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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