Definitions for husband

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husband hus·band

Spelling: [huhz-buh nd]

IPA: /ˈhʌz bənd/

Husband is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in husband (abdhnsu).

Definitions for husband

noun

1. a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
2. British. a manager.
3. Archaic. a prudent or frugal manager.

verb (used with object)

1. to manage, especially with prudent economy.
2. to use frugally; conserve:
3. Archaic. to be or become a husband to; marry. to find a husband for. to till; cultivate.

Origin of husband

before 1000; Middle English husband(e), Old English hūsbonda master of the house Old Norse hūsbōndi, equivalent to hūs house + bōndi (bō-, variant of bū- dwell (see

Examples for husband

The husband in my case was to be an inconvenience, but doubtless an amusing one.

“My husband and I were in the water for more than four hours,” she said, according to ANSA news service.

"I ordered the sun turned on at just this point," replied her husband, with a large air.

Mrs. Douli then watched her husband go under water for the last time.

The girls I know are taught painstakingly how to get a husband, but nothing of how to be a wife.

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.

Mr. Bines is my husband, Mtterchen, and we're leaving for the West in the morning.

Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.

Mrs. Morgan gave Robert a reception as warm as her husband had done.

“Call me when the plane leaves the ground,” she said, in a tone that implied she knew her husband well.