HUSBAND
noun
Definitions
- 1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
- 2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] Shak. The painful husband, plowing up his ground. Hakewill. He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. Evelyn.
- 3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.] God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.
- 4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife. The husband and wife are one person in law. Blackstone.
- 5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] Dryden. A ship's husband (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025