husbandry

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
2. (countable, uncountable) The prudent management or conservation of resources.
3. (countable, uncountable) Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Agricultural or cultivated land.
5. (countable, uncountable) Techniques of animal care.

Synonyms

agriculture

farming

cultivation

tillage

animal husbandry

gardening

parsimony

farm

thriftiness

Providence

culture

sparingness

cultivate land

tilhng

Animal Science

economy

garden

ranch

saving

savings

spareness

thrift

Translations

Landwirtschaft

agricultura

agriculture

agricultura

agricoltura

agricultura

landbouw

çiftçilik

pecuária

γεωργία

Ackerbau

agricultura

allevamento

agricultura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hus-bondri

In summary

From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). The English word can be analysed as husband + -ry.