ˈhusbandhood [f. husband n. + -hood.] The position or relation of a husband. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xii, Husbandhood, fatherhood, and all the sacred education that flows from human joy.1894Woman's Signal II. No. 27. 5/1 The commonest feelings of humanity, of husbandhood and of fatherhood.