husband

A1 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /ˈhʌzbənd/ See IPA manual

Freq #443

Meanings

1

noun
The man that a woman is married to.

She introduced me to her husband at the party.
2

verb
To use or manage something carefully and without waste.

During the long winter, they had to husband their food supplies.

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1 noun · the man that a woman is... hubby

2 verb · to use or manage something... conserve

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Opposites

wife

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Forms husbandedhusbandinghusbands

Derived forms brother-husbandco-husbandcyberhusbandex-husbandgusbandhubbyhusband-in-lawhusbandablehusbandagehusbanderhusbandhoodhusbandish

Related forms boyfriend widower

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.

husbonde Middle English hūsbonda Old English húsbóndi Old Norse *hūsą Proto-Germanic

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# husband

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌzbənd/
**Frequency rank:** 443

## Meanings
1. The man that a woman is married to.
2. To use or manage something carefully and without waste.

## Examples
- She introduced me to her husband at the party.
- During the long winter, they had to husband their food supplies.

## Synonyms
- baron
- hubby

## Antonyms
- wife

## Derived Forms
- brother-husband
- co-husband
- cyberhusband
- ex-husband
- gusband
- hubby
- husband-in-law
- husbandable
- husbandage
- husbander
- husbandhood
- husbandish

## Related Forms
- boyfriend
- widower

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: husbonde
- Root: hūsbonda
- Root: húsbóndi
- Root: *hūsą

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Husband comes 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The man that a woman is married to” and “To use or manage something carefully and without waste”.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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