husband

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  3. Noun.  (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
  4. Noun.  A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  5. Noun.  (context, UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  6. Noun.  Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  7. Noun.  (context, UK) A polled tree; a pollard.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To conserve.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To provide with a husband.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

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