husband
/ˈhʌzbənd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
noun
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
British usage
noun
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
Example Sentences
- "You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband."
- "The husband and wife are one person in law."
- "A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair."
- "But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion."
- "Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband."
- "God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Old Norse -andi Old Norse bóndibor. Old English bonda ▲ Old Norse húsbóndicalq. Old English hūsbonda Middle English husbonde English husband Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.