Husband

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A man joined to a woman in marriage; a male spouse.
  • n. Chiefly British A manager or steward, as of a household.
  • n. Archaic A prudent, thrifty manager.
  • v. To use sparingly or economically; conserve: husband one's energy.
  • v. Archaic To find a husband for.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  • n. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  • n. A prudent or frugal manager.
  • n. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  • n. A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  • n. Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  • n. A polled tree; a pollard.
  • v. To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  • v. To conserve.
  • v. To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  • v. To provide with a husband.
  • v. To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.
  • n. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.
  • n. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.
  • n. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
  • n. The male of a pair of animals.
  • v. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
  • v. To cultivate, as land; to till.
  • v. To furnish with a husband.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  • n. A man joined in marriage to a woman, who bears the correlative title of wife.
  • n. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  • n. A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings or interests; a steward; an economist.
  • n. A polled tree; a pollard: so called in humorous allusion to the traditional bald head of husbands with energetic wives.
  • To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economize: as, to husband one's resources.
  • To till, as land; cultivate; farm.
  • To provide with a husband.
  • To engage or act as a husband to; figuratively, to assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
  • v. use cautiously and frugally
  • Antonym
    wife    celibate   
    Verb Form
    husbanded    husbanding    husbands   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spouse    partner   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cultivator    tiller    husbandman    economist    till    spouse    goodman    man    lord    hubby   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    father    lover    master    lady    parent    uncle    doctor    companion    fellow    servant