English Explanatory Dictionary

husband

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  2. A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  3. A prudent or frugal manager.
  4. The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  5. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  6. The male of a pair of animals.
  7. A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  8. A polled tree; a pollard.
verb
  1. To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  2. To conserve.
  3. To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  4. To provide with a husband.
  5. To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Harmon Husband.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌzbənd/ en-us-husband.ogg En-uk-husband.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-husband.wav /ˈhʊzbənd/

Word forms

husband husbands husbanding husbanded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Old Norse -andi Old Norse bóndibor. Old English bonda ▲ Old Norse húsbóndicalq. Old English hūsbonda Middle English husbonde English husband Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. Compare English house and bond.

Synonyms

baron his lordship hubby husband lord and master old man husband pillow

Antonyms

wife

Related words

autem cove boyfriend fiancée widower

Derived words

brother-husband co-husband cyberhusband ex-husband First Husband gingerbread husband gusband house husband hubby husbandage husband and wife husbander husbandhood husband-in-law husbandish husbandless husbandlike husbandly husbandman husbando husbandship husband stitch husbandwoman husbian husman ice husband Ineffable Husbands jealous husbands problem merhusband midhusband Murder Husbands retired husband syndrome ship's husband trophy husband wasband welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk work husband Younghusband husbandry husband up husbandable
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