husband

husband

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English

Etymology

From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda (head of household), from Old Norse húsbóndi, from hús + bóndi, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *hūsą (house) and *būandz (dwelling, residing, present participle). Compare English house and bond³.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌz.bənd/

Noun

husband (plural husbands)

  1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
    Synonym: (endearing) hubby
  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; a husband pillow.
  8. (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:husband

Hypernyms

  • wedder
  • partner (may or may not be married)
  • spouse (may also apply to wife)

Coordinate terms

  • wife

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chinese: 黑漆板凳 (hēiqī bǎndèng) (obsolete)
  • Japanese: ハズバンド (hazubando)
    • English: husbando

Translations

Verb

husband (third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded)

  1. (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  2. (transitive) To conserve.
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
      ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To provide with a husband.
  5. (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

Derived terms

  • husband up
  • husbandable
  • husbandry

Translations

Middle English

Noun

husband

  1. Alternative form of husbonde

Swedish

Etymology

hus (house) +‎ band (band)

Noun

husband n

  1. a group of musicians who regularly play live in a TV show

Declension

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