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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Husband \Hus"band\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Husbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Husbanding}.]
1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.
For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far. --Shak.
2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
Land so trim and rarely husbanded. --Evelyn.
3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Husband \Hus"band\, noun [OE. hosebonde, husbonde, a husband, the master of the house or family, AS. h?sbonda master of the house; h?s house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h?sb[=o]ndi house master, husband; h?s house + b?andi dwelling, inhabiting, p. pr. of b?a to dwell; akin to AS. b?an, Goth. bauan. See {House Be}, and cf. {Bond} a slave, {Boor}.]
1. The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family. [Obs.]
2. A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman. [Obs.] --Shak.
The painful husband, plowing up his ground. --Hakewill.
He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and field accommodations. --Evelyn.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.]
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. --Fuller.
4. A married man; a man who has a wife; -- the correlative to wife.
The husband and wife are one person in law. --Blackstone.
5. The male of a pair of animals. [R.] --Dryden.
{A ship's husband} (Naut.), an agent representing the owners of a ship, who manages its expenses and receipts.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
husband
noun: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn: {hubby}, {married man}] [ant: {wife}]
verb: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [syn: {conserve}, {economize}, {economise}] [ant: {waste}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "husband": benedict, boss, bridegroom, budget, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, conserve, consort, ecclesiarch, economize, elder, employer, enforce economies, goodman, groom, guru, helpmate, helpmeet, hoard, hold back, hubby, keep, keep back, keep by one, keep in reserve, keep in store, keep on hand, keep within compass, lay by, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, make ends meet, man, manage, married man, master, mate, mister, old man, other half, overlord, padrone, paramount, partner, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, preserve, put apart, put aside, put by, put something aside, rabbi, reserve, retain, sahib, save, save up, scrape, scrape and save, scrimp, seigneur, seignior, set apart, set aside, set by, skimp, spouse, starets, store, teacher, withhold
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
HUSBAND, noun One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Husband i.e., the "house-band," connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt. 1:16, 20; Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from going to war for "one year" (Deut. 20:7; 24:5).
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