Sekirov Dictionary

husband

/ˈhʌzbənd/

noun 8
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 1

noun8

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a married man, thought of as the partner of the person he is married to
- You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
The male of a pair of animals.
(UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
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A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
- […] a withered tree, through husbands toyle, Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […] — 1596
(old-fashioned) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
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A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
- While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.
(dialect, UK) A polled tree; a pollard.
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(no longer used) A prudent or frugal manager.
- God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof. — 1645

verb5

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To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
- And for my meanes, I'll husband them so well, They shall go farre with little. — 1599
To conserve.
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
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(no longer used) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
- Land so trim and rarely husbanded. — 1672
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(no longer used) To provide with a husband.
- Thinke you, I am no stronger then my Sex Being so Father'd, and so Husbanded? — 1599

forms

husbanded · husbanding · husbands

Phrases with husband

husband up
To manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.

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