noun, verb
noun (also informal hubby) the man that a woman is married to; a married man:
This is my husband, Steve.
IDIOMS
husband and wife a man and woman who are married to each other:
They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years. * a husband-and-wife team
verb [VN] (formal) to use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it:
Times are hard and we have to husband our resources. * She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for husband is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does husband appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — husband appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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