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31husband — husbander, n. husbandless, adj. /huz beuhnd/, n. 1. a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his wife. 2. Brit. a manager. 3. Archaic. a prudent or frugal manager. v.t. 4. to manage, esp. with prudent economy. 5. to use frugally;… …
32husband — [OE] The Anglo Saxons used wer ‘man’ (as in werewolf) for ‘husband’, and not until the late 13th century was the word husband drafted in for ‘male spouse’. This had originally meant ‘master of a household’, and was borrowed from Old Norse… …
33husband — hus|band1 W1S1 [ˈhʌzbənd] n [: Old English; Origin: husbonda, from Old Norse, from hus house + bondi someone who lives in a house ] 1.) the man that a woman is married to →↑wife ▪ Have you met my husband Roy? 2.) …
34husband — {{11}}husband (n.) O.E. husbonda male head of a household, probably from O.N. husbondi master of the house, from hus house (see HOUSE (Cf. house) (n.)) + bondi householder, dweller, freeholder, peasant, from buandi, prp. of bua to dwell (see… …
35husband — [[t]hʌ̱zbənd[/t]] ♦ husbands, husbanding, husbanded 1) N COUNT: oft poss N A woman s husband is the man she is married to. Eva married her husband Jack in 1957... Are they husband and wife? 2) VERB If you husband something valuable, you use it… …
36husband */*/*/ — UK [ˈhʌzbənd] / US noun [countable] Word forms husband : singular husband plural husbands the man that a woman is married to Carole s husband died last year. She isn t looking for a husband …
37husband-in-law — noun a) A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife b) A husband who provides legally required support, but not love or affection Syn: co husband See Also: in law …
38Husband — This unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an occupational surname for a husbandman, a farmer, originally a peasant farmer. The derivation of the name is from the Old English pre 7th Century husbonda , Old Norse husbondi …
39husband — 1 noun 1 (C) the man that a woman is married to: Have you met her husband? | ex husband (=a man that a woman used to be married to) 2 husband and wife a man and woman who are married 2 verb (T) formal to be very careful in the way you use your… …
40husband — hus•band [[t]ˈhʌz bənd[/t]] n. v. band•ed, band•ing. n. 1) a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his wife 2) archaic a prudent or frugal manager 3) to manage, esp. with economy 4) to use frugally; conserve; store: to husband one s… …
