Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural husbands, present participle husbanding, past tense, past participle husbanded
1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN]
Someone's husband is the man they are married to.
Eva married her husband Jack in 1957.
Are they husband and wife?
Synonyms: partner, man [informal], spouse, hubby [informal] More Synonyms of husband
2. verb
If you husband something valuable, you use it carefully and do not waste it.
[literary]
Husbanding precious resources was part of rural life. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: conserve, budget, use sparingly, save More Synonyms of husband
husband in British English
(ˈhʌzbənd)
noun
1.
one's (male) partner in marriage; a married man
2. archaic
a.
a manager of an estate
b.
a frugal person
verb
3.
to manage or use (resources, finances, etc) thriftily
4. archaic
a. (transitive)
to find a husband for
b.
to marry (a man)
5. (transitive) obsolete
to till (the soil)
Derived forms
husbander (ˈhusbander)
noun
husbandless (ˈhusbandless)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hūsbonda, from Old Norse hūsbōndi, from hūs house + bōndi one who has a household, from bōa to dwell
husband in American English
(ˈhʌzbənd)
noun
1.
a married man, esp. when considered in relation to his spouse
2. Brit
a manager
3. archaic
a prudent or frugal manager
transitive verb
4.
to manage, esp. with prudent economy
5.
to use frugally; conserve
to husband one's resources
6. archaic
a.
to be or become a husband to; marry
b.
to find a husband for
c.
to till; cultivate
Derived forms
husbander
noun
husbandless
adjective
Word origin
[bef. 1000; ME husband(e), OE hūsbonda master of the house ‹ ON hūsbōndi, equiv. to hūshouse + bōndi (bō-, var. of bū- dwell ( see boor) + -nd prp. suffix + -i inflectional ending)]
Examples of 'husband' in a sentence
husband
She spent most of her early married life avoiding her husband.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Migrants thought they were husband and wife.
The Sun (2017)
There was only one person with my husband.
The Sun (2016)
Or does your husband find ways to rub in your pay gap?
The Sun (2017)
She says her wealthy husband left her and returned to Nigeria.
The Sun (2016)
The celebration was held to honour her husband's marriage to a second wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She said: 'My husband had major surgery a few years back and it changed our attitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Presumably this may also be ruining their prospects of a satisfying, bonded long-term relationship with a partner or husband.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I am a 63-year-old woman whose husband of 31 years has left her for a younger number.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My husband risked his life for his country and this was all the thanks our family got.
The Sun (2014)
The wife or husband would then be able to apply for fair financial relief.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
My husband and my manager have my best interests at heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
How do you bargain for the life of your husband?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Is your manager or her husband vegetarian or vegan?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Her second husband and three daughters survive her.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Rather than looking for risky attention outside your marriage tell your husband how you feel.
The Sun (2016)
Families vary also according to cultural norms governing the number of wives or husbands a person may have.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
It means a third of females who have a job now earn more than their husband or partner.
The Sun (2013)
His wife also survived along with the woman victim's husband.
The Sun (2012)
The questioning then, was whether she should take a particular man as a husband.
George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876)
They know more about them than the person 's husband or wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Right now, the blonde gets into a different car with a man who is not her husband.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now my husband says we must move on but I find it impossible.
The Sun (2008)
If that's a success, she can divorce her husband and marry you.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Lily May herself had just turned 21 when the telegram arrived saying that her husband was missing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She considered carefully her husband's perspective and their shared commitment to the Lord and to one another.
Christianity Today (2000)
She said: 'My husband understands what it takes to get to the top of sport and backs me all the way.
The Sun (2014)
In other languages
husband
British English: husband /ˈhʌzbənd/ NOUN
A woman's husband is the man she is married to.
She married her husband in 2007.
American English: husband
Arabic: زَوْجٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: marido
Chinese: 丈夫
Croatian: muž
Czech: manžel
Danish: mand
Dutch: echtgenoot
European Spanish: marido
Finnish: aviomies
French: mari
German: Ehemann
Greek: σύζυγος
Italian: marito
Japanese: 夫
Korean: 남편
Norwegian: ektemann
Polish: mąż
European Portuguese: marido
Romanian: soț
Russian: муж
Latin American Spanish: marido
Swedish: man make
Thai: สามี
Turkish: koca eş
Ukrainian: чоловік
Vietnamese: chồng vợ
Chinese translation of 'husband'
husband
(ˈhʌzbənd)
n(c)
丈夫 (zhàngfu) (个(個), gè)
vt
(liter)[resources]节(節)省 (jiéshěng)
(noun)
Definition
the man to whom a person is married
I married my husband Jack in 2015.
Synonyms
partner
His partner has been an important source of support.
man (informal)
Does your man cuddle you enough?
spouse
living with someone other than a spouse
hubby (informal)
mate
We found our ideal mates in one another.
old man (informal)
Luckily for me her old man was otherwise engaged.
bridegroom
The bride and bridegroom left in a carriage.
significant other (informal, mainly US)
better half (humorous)
squeeze (informal)
(verb)
Definition
to use (resources, finances, etc.) economically
Husbanding precious resources was part of rural life.
Synonyms
conserve
The factory has closed over the weekend to conserve energy.
budget
use sparingly
save
I thought we were saving money for a holiday.
store
storing away cash that will come in useful later on