Definition of husband

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Husband (v. t.) To cultivate, as land; to till..

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Partner :: Partner (n.) One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. Partner of his fortune. Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business..
Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Consort :: Consort (n.) One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband..
Feere :: Feere (n.) A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere..
Husbandable :: Husbandable (a.) Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy..
Mother-in-law :: Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
Uxoricide :: Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
Polyandry :: Polyandry (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3..
Disloyal :: Disloyal (a.) Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife..
Discoverture :: Discoverture (n.) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
Bounty :: Bounty (n.) A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures..
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.
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband..
Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..
Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
Cuckold :: Cuckold (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.
Monogamy :: Monogamy (n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy..
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