husband
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hus·band
(hŭz'bənd) 
n.
n.
- A man joined to a another person in marriage; a male spouse.
- Chiefly British. A manager or steward, as of a household.
- Archaic. A prudent, thrifty manager.
- To use sparingly or economically; conserve: husband one's energy.
- Archaic. To find a husband for.
[Middle English huseband, from Old English hūsbōnda, from Old Norse hūsbōndi : hūs, house + bōndi, būandi, householder, present participle of būa, to dwell.]
WORD HISTORY The English word husband, even though it is a basic kinship term, is not a native English word. It comes ultimately from the Old Norse word hūsbōndi, meaning "master of a house," which was borrowed into Old English as hūsbōnda. The second element in hūsbōndi, bōndi, means "a man who has land and stock" and comes from the Old Norse verb būa, meaning "to live, dwell, have a household." The master of the house was usually a spouse as well, of course, and it would seem that the main modern sense of husband arises from this overlap. When the Norsemen settled in Anglo-Saxon England, they would often take Anglo-Saxon women as their wives; it was then natural to refer to the husband using the Norse word for the concept, and to refer to the wife with her Anglo-Saxon (Old English) designation, wīf, "woman, wife" (Modern English wife). Interestingly, Old English did have a feminine word related to Old Norse hūsbōndi that meant "mistress of a house," namely, hūsbonde. Had this word survived into Modern English, it would have sounded identical to husband-surely leading to ambiguities.
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n
Definition: man who marries
Antonyms: wife
n
Definition: married man
Antonyms: bachelor
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
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IN BRIEF: The man to whom a woman is married.
My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it.
— Dottie Archibald
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sign description: The CLOSED C-handshape starts at the forehead and comes out, closes and meets with the left hand clasping it.
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"The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes."
- Oscar Wilde
"They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not."
- Oscar Wilde
"His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!"
- Queen Victoria
"From the moment I liberated Brigitte, the moment I showed her how to be truly herself, our marriage was all downhill."
- Roger Vadim
"Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry."
- Rose Pastor Stokes
"In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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categories related to 'husband'
- Relationships by Blood and Marriage - husband: male spouse
- Marriage and Divorce - husband: married man; male spouse
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Husband (multiple meanings)
A husband is a male participant in a marriage, but the term, as a noun, may also refer to:
- in fiction:
- Husbands (web series), a 2011 web series
- The Husband, a 2006 novel
- Husbands (film), a 1970 film
- the "First Husband" or "First Gentleman", mirroring the term "First Lady".
- the surname "Husband":
- Richard Douglas Husband, astronaut
- Ron Husband, animator
- Herman Husband, 1770s Quaker
- with plural spelling "Husbands":
- Patrick Husbands, Canadian jockey
- Michael Husbands, English footballer
- Phil Husbands, neuroscientist
- George Husband Baird, 18th century Church of Scotland minister, educational reformer and Principal of the University of Edinburgh
- the given name "Husband":
- Husband E. Kimmel, US admiral
- a place:
- Husband Hill, on Mars
- Animal husbandry, the practice of breeding animals
- a husband pillow (also known as a boyfriend pillow)
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Husband
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ægtemand, ægtefælle
v. tr. - spare på, holde hus med, økonomisere med
idioms:
- common-law husband papirløs mand
Nederlands (Dutch)
echtgenoot, zuinig beheren, uithuwelijken
Français (French)
n. - (gén) mari, (Admin) époux
v. tr. - bien gérer, économiser
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ehemann
v. - haushalten mit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύζυγος (κν. άντρας)
v. - διαχειρίζομαι με σύνεση και οικονομία
idioms:
- common-law husband σύζυγος εθιμικού δικαίου (χωρίς επίσημο γάμο)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - marido (m)
v. - esposar, economizar
Русский (Russian)
муж, эконом, экономно вести хозяйство
Español (Spanish)
n. - marido, esposo
v. tr. - economizar, ahorrar, manejar prudentemente
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - make, äkta man, hushållare
v. - hushålla med, spara på, odla, skaffa (ngn) en man
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
丈夫, 节俭地管理, 节约地使用
idioms:
- common-law husband 同居丈夫
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 丈夫
v. tr. - 節儉地管理, 節約地使用
idioms:
- common-law husband 同居丈夫
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 남편, 절약가
v. tr. - 절약하다, 재배하다, 남편을 얻게 하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 夫, 管理人
v. - 倹約する, 節約して使う
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) زوج, بعل (فعل) يسخر للمصلحه العامه, يدخر, يوفر, يقتصد في, يزوج يوجد زوجا ل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בעל
v. tr. - חסך, כלכל בתבונה
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