husband

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q212878}}A [[man]] in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
2. {{lb|en|UK}} A [[manager]] of [[property]]; one who has the care of another's belongings, [[owndom]], or [[interests]]; a [[steward]]; an [[economist]].
3. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[prudent]] or [[frugal]] [[manager]].
4. {{lb|en|somewhat|_|dated}} The [[master]] of a [[house]]; the [[head]] of a [[family]]; a [[householder]].
5. A [[tiller]] of the [[ground]]; a [[husbandman]].
6. The [[male]] of a pair of [[animal]]s.
7. A large [[cushion]] with [[arm]]s meant to [[support]] a person in the [[sitting]] [[position]].
8. {{lb|en|UK|_|dialectal}} A [[poll]]ed [[tree]]; a [[pollard]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[manage]] or [[administer]] carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; [[economise]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[conserve]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[till]]; [[cultivate]]; [[farm]]; [[nurture]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[provide]] with a husband.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or [[responsibility]] for; accept as one's own.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Somerset County|s/Pennsylvania|c/USA}}, named after Harmon Husband.

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