noun

1. 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)