husband | |
1. n. (obsolete) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder. | |
2. n. (obsolete) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman. | |
3. n. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager. | |
4. n. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse. | |
You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband. | |
5. n. The male of a pair of animals. | |
6. n. (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist. | |
7. n. 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. | |
8. n. (UK dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard. | |
9. v. To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise. | |
For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare. | |
10. v. To conserve. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture. | |
12. v. To provide with a husband. | |
13. v. To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own. | |