husband
husband definition
hus·band (huz′bənd)
noun
- a man with reference to the woman to whom he is married
- any married man
- 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
- to manage economically; conserve
- Archaic to provide with a husband or become the husband of; marry
- Archaic to cultivate (soil or plants)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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