husband

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

husbands

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

husband

past (v2)

husbanded

past participle (v3)

husbanded

present participle

husbanding

3rd person singular

husbands

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

   • The husband and wife are one person in law.
   • You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
   • Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.

2. 2.A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.

   • Did your husband have many enemies?
   • Her husband is now living in Tokyo.
   • He will be a good husband to my sister.

3. 3.A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

   • He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.

4. 4.The male of a pair of animals.

   • Did your husband have many enemies?
   • Her husband is now living in Tokyo.
   • He will be a good husband to my sister.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

2. 2.To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

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Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Antonyms

• wife