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noun

Husband n.

1.

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. (Obs.)

2.

A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. (Obs.) "The painful husband, plowing up his ground." "He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations."

3.

One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. (R.) "God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me."

4.

A married man; a man who has a wife; the correlative to wife. "The husband and wife are one person in law."

5.

The male of a pair of animals. (R.)

A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.

verb

Husband v. t. (past & past part. husbanded; pres. part. husbanding)

1.

To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy. "For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far."

2.

To cultivate, as land; to till. (R.) "Land so trim and rarely husbanded."

3.

To furnish with a husband. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Husband'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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