husband

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Meaning

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; a husband pillow.
8. A polled tree; a pollard.

wife

married man

be sparing with

male animal

husband one’s resources

my husband

be economical with

not waste

use carefully

male partner

dear employer

getting married

one who marries

sister’s husband

owner of the house

the head of the family

fere

male person

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌz.bənd/

From Middle English husbonde, housbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, hūsbunda (“male head of a household, householder, master of a house”), from Old Norse húsbóndi (“master of house”), from hús (“house”) + bóndi (“dweller, householder”), equivalent to house + bond (“serf, slave", originally, "dweller”). Bond in turn represents a formation derived from the present participle of West Scandinavian búa, East Scandinavian bôa = to build, plow; compare German bauen, der Bauende. Cognate with Icelandic húsbóndi (“head of household”), Faroese húsbóndi (“husband”), Norwegian husbond (“head of household, husband”), Swedish husbonde (“master”), Danish husbond (“husband”) (< Old Danish husbonde).

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