husband

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The man that a woman is married to.

   She introduced me to her husband at the party.

2. 2
   verb

   To use or manage something carefully and without waste.

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

Common collocations

• find a husband Verb + noun
• leave a husband Verb + noun
• loving husband Adjective + noun
• devoted husband Adjective + noun
• supportive husband Adjective + noun
• doting husband Adjective + noun

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.

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