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   hus·band

   /ˈhəzb(ə)n(d)/

   noun

   • 1. a married man considered in relation to his spouse: "she and her husband are both retired"

   verb

   • 1. use (resources) economically; conserve: "the need to husband his remaining strength"

   Word Origin late Old English (in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’), from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. husbandhood noun
   • 2. husbandless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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