husband

Meaning

Noun

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. (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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
2. (transitive) To conserve.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
4. (archaic, transitive) 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.

Synonyms

wife

👰‍♀️

spouse

man

👨

master

lord

male

♂️

lover

❤️

married man

conserve

mate

🧉

economize

bridegroom

hubby

consort

save

brother-in-law

old man

landlord

accumulate

boyfriend

economise

elder

father

👨‍👦

gentleman

🤵‍♂️

manage

person

🧑‍🦱

preserve

save up

sister-in-law

spare

teacher

🧑‍🏫

be sparing with

eke out

male animal

husband one’s resources

my husband

be economical with

not waste

use carefully

ex-wife

lordship

expert

maladminister

espouser

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

male partner

married

comrade

companion

champion

Translations

mari

🤵

marido

🤵

Ehemann

🤵

marito

🤵

esposo

🤵

époux

marido

🤵

Mann

👨

echtgenoot

🤵

Gatte

man

👨

Gemahl

sposo

marit

🤵

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌz.bənd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: husbonde

Inherited from Old English: hūsbonda

Cognate with Icelandic: húsbóndi

Cognate with Faroese: húsbóndi

Cognate with Norwegian: husbond

Cognate with Swedish: husbonde

Cognate with Danish: husbond

In summary

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.

Sentences

Only get me back to my husband and kids .