husband

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Hypernyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Swedish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English hūsbonda (“‘male head of a household’”), probably derived from Old Norse húsbóndi (“‘master of house’”), from hús ("house") and bóndi ("dweller", "householder"). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic húsbóndi and Norwegian husbond.

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husband (plural husbands)

1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, esp. in relation to his spouse
2. 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.

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[edit] Antonyms

• wife

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• partner (may or may not be married)
• spouse (may also apply to wife)

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• ex-husband
• house husband
• hubby
• husbandage
• husbandly
• husbandman
• husbandry
• husbandless
• wasband

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to husband (third-person singular simple present husbands, present participle husbanding, simple past and past participle husbanded)

1. (transitive) To conserve
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.

2. (transitive) to nurture, to farm.

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• husbandable

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[edit] Etymology

From hus (house) + band (band)

[edit] Noun

husband

1. A group of musicians who regularly play live in a TV show.