Definition of husband

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Husband (n.) The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

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Stepfather :: Stepdaughter (n.) A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Matrimony :: Matrimony (n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
Henpeck :: Henpeck (v. t.) To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..
Uxorious :: Uxorious (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry..
Husbandable :: Husbandable (a.) Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy..
Roller :: Roller (n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts..
Husbandly :: Husbandly (a.) Frugal; thrifty.
Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife..
Monandry :: Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.
A Mensa Et Thoro :: A mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife..
Stepdame :: Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Excellent :: Excellent (a.) Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action..
Uxoricide :: Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband..
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband..
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