husband
- Noun. (obsolete) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
- Noun. (obsolete) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
- Noun. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
- Noun. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
- Noun. (context, UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
- Noun. Large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
- Noun. (context, UK) A polled tree; a pollard.
- Verb. (transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
- Verb. (transitive) To conserve.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
- Verb. (transitive) To provide with a husband.
- 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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