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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Sire :: Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
Couvade :: Couvade (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill..
Levir :: Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
Husbandry :: Husbandry (n.) The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming..
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..
Family :: Family (v. t.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society..
Husbandly :: Husbandly (a.) Frugal; thrifty.
Husband :: 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..
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband..
Husband :: Husband (n.) One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.
Boor :: Boor (n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Manage :: Manage (n.) To treat with care; to husband.
Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..
Matrimony :: Matrimony (n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
Coverture :: Coverture (n.) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte..
Maritated :: Maritated (a.) Having a husband; married.
Tillman :: Tillman (n.) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
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..
Georgic :: Georgic (a.) A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil..
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