Definition of Husband

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Husband

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.

One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.

A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.

The male of a pair of animals.

To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.

To cultivate, as land; to till.

To furnish with a husband.

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Husband Quotations

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
Zig Ziglar

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
Erma Bombeck

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.
Erma Bombeck

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
W. C. Fields

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin Luther

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Voltaire

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
Rita Rudner

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
Rita Rudner

Husband Translations

husband in Afrikaans is man, eggenoot
husband in Danish is mand
husband in Dutch is gemaal, eega, echtgenoot, man
husband in Finnish is puoliso
husband in German is Mann, Gatte, Mann, Ehemann, Ehemann
husband in Italian is consorte, sposo, coniuge, marito, omo
husband in Latin is maritus
husband in Norwegian is ektemann
husband in Portuguese is marido, esposo
husband in Spanish is marido, varon, esposo
husband in Swedish is man, make

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