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Meaning of 'husband' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Husband [ n.]
- The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.
- A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.
- One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.
- A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
- The male of a pair of animals.
2 . Husband [ v. t.]
- To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
- To cultivate, as land; to till.
- To furnish with a husband.

Meaning of 'husband' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . husband [ v]
Meaning (1):
- use cautiously and frugally
Example in sentence:
  • conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit;
  • I try to economize my spare time

Nearby Words:

husbandable husbandage husbanded husbanding husbandless husbandly husbandman husbandmen husbandry hush

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