husband

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʌz.bənd/ === Noun === husband (plural husbands) A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse. Synonym: (endearing) hubby (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager. (somewhat dated) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman. The male of a pair of animals. A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position. Synonym: husband pillow (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:husband ==== Hypernyms ==== wedder partner (may or may not be married) spouse (may also apply to wife) ==== Coordinate terms ==== wife ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Cantonese: 蝦子餅 / 虾子饼 (haa1 zi2 beng2) → Japanese: ハズバンド (hazubando) ⇒ English: husbando ⇒ Mandarin: 黑漆板凳 (hēiqī bǎndèng) (obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === husband (third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded) (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise. (transitive) To conserve. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture. (transitive, archaic) To provide with a husband. (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own. ==== Derived terms ==== husband up husbandable husbandry ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Noun === husband alternative form of husbonde == Swedish == === Etymology === hus (“house”) +‎ band (“band”) === Noun === husband n a house band (group of musicians who regularly perform live on a TV or radio show or at a club or event or the like) ==== Declension ==== === References === husband in Svensk ordbok (SO) husband in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)