Definition von husband

Häufigkeit

husband

(hʌzbənd )

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural husbands , present participle husbanding, past tense, past participle husbanded

1. zählbares Substantiv [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?

Synonyme:partner, man [informal], spouse, hubby [informal] Weitere Synonyme von 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]

Synonyme:conserve, budget, use sparingly, save Weitere Synonyme von husband

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Häufigkeit

husband in American

(ˈhʌzbənd ; huzˈbənd)

Substantiv

a man with reference to the woman to whom he is married

any married man

2. Archaic

a manager, as of a household

Verb transitiv

to manage economically; conserve

4. Archaic

to provide with a husband or become the husband of; marry

5. Archaic

to cultivate (soil or plants)

Wortherkunft von husband

ME husbonde, householder, husband < Late OE husbonda < ON hūsbondi, lit., householder < hūs, house + bondi, freeholder, yeoman < earlier būandi, prp. of būa, to dwell: see bondage

Häufigkeit

husband in British

(ˈhʌzbənd )

Substantiv

one's (male) partner in marriage; a married man

2. archaic

a manager of an estate

a frugal person

Verb

to manage or use (resources, finances, etc) thriftily

4. archaic

a. (transitive)

to find a husband for

to marry (a man)

5. (transitive) obsolete

to till (the soil)

Abgeleitete Formen

husbander (ˈhusbander)

Substantiv

husbandless (ˈhusbandless)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von husband

Old English hūsbonda, from Old Norse hūsbōndi, from hūs house + bōndi one who has a household, from bōa to dwell

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