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hus·band (huz′bənd)

noun

    1. a man with reference to the woman to whom he is married
    2. any married man
  2. Archaic a manager, as of a household

Etymology: ME husbonde, householder, husband < Late OE husbonda < ON hūsbondi, lit., householder < hūs, house + bondi, freeholder, yeoman < earlier būandi, prp. of būa, to dwell: see bondage

transitive verb

  1. to manage economically; conserve
  2. Archaic to provide with a husband or become the husband of; marry
  3. Archaic to cultivate (soil or plants)

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husband Synonyms

husband

n.

spouse, married man, mate, bedmate, benedict, helpmate, consort, bridegroom, groom, breadwinner, provider, man, polygynist, polygamist, cuckold, goodman, monogamist, monogynist, bigamist, commonlaw husband, hubby*, lord*, head of the house*, the man of the house*, lord and master*, meal ticket*, old man*; see also man 2.


husband

v.

conserve, manage, preserve; see save 3, 4, 5.


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husband Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • estrange: The killer was Corinne's estranged husband Gerold Stadler, 34.

Adjective modifier

  • beloved: Beloved husband of Joyce and dear father of David, Brian and Gail.

Modifies a noun

  • russ: Was a distant you the answer her husband russ cairn energy today.

Noun used with modifier

  • cheating: A minor character, for example, had a cheating husband who left her and then died a year later.

Possessives

  • grandfather: We don't know if the brother accompanying Stephen was Percival, my husband's great grandfather.

Possessives

  • sister: Our party was enlarged by the presence of my sister's future husband.
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husband quotes

In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember 3 the ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

-Adams, Abigail

   Un mari, comme un gouvernement, ne doit jamais avouer de faute. A husband, like a government, never needs to admit a fault.

-Balzac, Honore¤   de

There is much to be said for exotic marriages. If your husband is a bore, it takes years longer to discover.

-Bellow, Saul

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