husband
noun
[ ˈhʌzbənd ]
• a married man considered in relation to his spouse.
• "she and her husband are both retired"
Similar:
spouse,
partner,
man,
mate,
consort,
groom,
bridegroom,
other half,
better half,
old man,
hubby,
helpmate,
helpmeet,
husband
verb
• use (resources) economically.
• "she husbanded their financial resources through difficult times"
Similar:
use economically,
use sparingly,
economize on,
be frugal with,
manage thriftily,
conserve,
preserve,
save,
safeguard,
save for a rainy day,
put aside,
put by,
lay in,
reserve,
store,
stockpile,
hoard,
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’.
