husband
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Noun 4 meanings
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
“You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.”
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
Verb 3 meanings
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
To conserve.
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.
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HUSBAND at a glance
HUSBAND has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + S 1 + B 3 + A 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,041 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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