Husband

/ˈhʌzbənd/ · noun

Meaning

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse..

Definitions by Sense

1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
2. (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
3. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
4. (somewhat dated) 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. (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.

Example Sentences

You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.

The husband and wife are one person in law.

A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.

Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.

God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof.

[S]o I went and fetch’d a good Dram of Rum, and gave him; for I had been ſo good a Husband of my Rum, that I had a great deal left: When he had drank it, I made him take the two Fowling-Pieces, which we always carry’d, and load them with large Swan-Shot, as big as ſmall Piſtol Bullets; then I took four Muſkets, and loaded them with two Slugs, and five ſmall Bullets each; and my two Piſtols I loaded with a Brace of Bullets each; I hung my great Sword as uſual, naked by my Side, and gave Friday his Hatchet.

[…] a withered tree, through husbands toyle, Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […]

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• husbands
• husbanding
• husbanded

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