Husband Definition

hŭzbənd

husbanded, husbanding, husbands

noun

husbands

A man with reference to the person to whom he is married.

Webster's New World

Any married man.

Webster's New World

A manager, as of a household.

Webster's New World

A prudent, thrifty manager.

American Heritage

Hakewill.

The painful husband, ploughing up his ground.

Wiktionary

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verb

husbanded, husbanding, husbands

To manage economically; conserve.

Webster's New World

To provide with a husband or become the husband of; marry.

Webster's New World

To cultivate (soil or plants)

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Husband

Singular:

husband

Plural:

Rather not bond = serf, but present participle of WestScand. búa, EastScand. bôa = to build, to plow; cf. German bauen, der Bauende. Cognate with Icelandic húsbóndi (“head of household”), Faroese húsbóndi (“husband”), Norwegian husbond (“head of household, husband”), Swedish husbonde (“master”), Danish husbonde (“husband”).

From Wiktionary
From Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, hūsbunda (“male head of a household, householder, master of a house”), probably from Old Norse húsbóndi (“master of house”), from hús (“house”) + bóndi (“dweller, householder”), equivalent to house +‎ bond (“serf, slave”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English huseband from Old English hūsbōnda from Old Norse hūsbōndi hūs house bōndi, būandi householder present participle of būa to dwell bheuə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition