'Husband' definitions:

Definition of 'husband'

From: WordNet
noun
A married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn: husband, hubby, married man] [ant: married woman, wife]
verb
Use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise] [ant: blow, squander, waste]

Definition of 'Husband'

From: GCIDE
  • Husband \Hus"band\, n. [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. h?sbonda master of the house; h?s house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h?sb[=o]ndi house master, husband; h?s house + b?andi dwelling, inhabiting, p. pr. of b?a to dwell; akin to AS. b?an, Goth. bauan. See House Be, and cf. Bond a slave, Boor.]
  • 1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The painful husband, plowing up his ground. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
  • He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife. [1913 Webster]
  • The husband and wife are one person in law. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Husband'

From: GCIDE
  • Husband \Hus"band\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Husbanding.]
  • 1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy. [1913 Webster]
  • For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Land so trim and rarely husbanded. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Husband'

From: Easton
  • Husband i.e., the "house-band," connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt. 1:16, 20; Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from going to war for "one year" (Deut. 20:7; 24:5).

Synonyms of 'husband'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Husband'