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      husband
      noun
      A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
      (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
      The male of a pair of animals.
      A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
      A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
      An unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Harmon Husband.
      A surname.
      (somewhat dated) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
      (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
      (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.
      verb
      (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
      (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
      (transitive) To conserve.
      (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
      (transitive, archaic) To provide with a husband.
      Roots
      bondi-band · Old Norse · dweller, farmer
      Synonyms for husband
      hubbynspousenhelpmatenbridegroomn
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      The word husband breaks down into one root of Old Norse origin: the root -band, from Old Norse bondi (“dweller, farmer”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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