# husband

Pronunciation: say "HUZ-buhnd" /ˈhʌz.bənd/

## Noun

1. A married man, regarded in relation to his spouse.
   - Simple: A man who is married to someone.
   - _Her husband teaches science at the local high school._
   - _He became a devoted husband within months of the wedding._
3. A person who manages property or takes charge of another's belongings and interests; a steward. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A person who looks after someone else's property or money.
   - _The ship's husband settled the harbor fees and arranged the repairs._
   - _The owners named a ship's husband to manage the vessel's business while it was docked._

## Verb

2. To manage, use, or conserve something carefully and sparingly, guarding it against waste.
   - Simple: To use something carefully so it is not wasted and lasts.
   - _The farmers husband their seed carefully through the dry season._
   - _He husbanded his strength for the final stretch of the climb._

## Noun

4. The master of a house; the head of a household or family. *(dated)*
   - Simple: The man who is the head of a household or family.
5. One who tills the soil and works the land; a farmer. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A farmer, someone who grows crops on the land.
6. A prudent or thrifty manager, careful in the use of resources. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A person who manages money or supplies very carefully.

## Verb

7. To provide a woman with a husband; to arrange her marriage. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To find a man for a woman to marry.
8. To till, cultivate, or farm land; to nurture growing things. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To work the land and grow crops on it.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To take on the care of or responsibility for someone or something, accepting it as one's own.
- (noun) A large cushion with arms, made to support a person who is sitting up.
- (noun) The male of a pair of animals, regarded in relation to its mate.
- (noun) A tree whose upper branches have been cut back to encourage fresh growth; a pollard.

## Origin

"Husband" comes through Middle English "husbonde" from Old English "hūsbonda" ("head of household"), a word owed to Old Norse "húsbóndi." That word combined "hús" (house) with "bóndi" (a dweller or resident), related to the Proto-Germanic roots for "house" and "dwelling."

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