Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - husband
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Husband
husband
I. noun Etymology: Middle English husbonde, from Old English husbonda master of a house, from Old Norse husbondi, from hus house + bondi householder; akin to Old Norse bua to inhabit; akin to Old English buan to dwell — more at bower Date: 13th century 1. a male partner in a marriage 2. British manager, steward 3. a frugal manager • ~ly adjective II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. a. to manage prudently and economically b. to use sparingly ; conserve 2. archaic to find a ~ for ; mate • ~er noun
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n. & v. --n. a married man esp. in relation to his wife. --v.tr. manage thriftily; use (resources) economically. Derivatives husbander n. husbandhood n. husbandless adj. husbandlike adj. husbandly adj. husbandship n. Etymology: OE husbonda house-dweller f. ON h{uacute}sb{oacute}ndi (as HOUSE, b{oacute}ndi one who has a household) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. муж, супруг he was a good husband to her —- он был ей хорошим мужем 2. уст. эконом, управитель good husband —- умелый управитель ship's husband —- редк. уполномоченый, распоряжающийся судном по доверенности владельцев Id: husband's tea —- слабый и холодный чай, "водичка" Id: a good wife makes a good husband —- посл. за хорошей женой и муж пригож 3. экономно вести хозяйство; экономить; беречь to husband one's resources —- умело использовать ресурсы to husband one's strenght —- беречь силы to husband ammunition —- экономить боеприпасы 4. уст. редк. найти мужа для кого-л; сватать 5. уст. редк. выйти замуж 6. редк. разделять чье-л. мнение 7. уст. обрабатывать землю; культивировать растения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(husbands) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A woman’s husband is the man she is married to. Eva married her husband Jack in 1957... N-COUNT: oft poss N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 the man that a woman is married to (Have you met her husband? | ex-husband (=a man that a woman used to be married to)) 2 husband and wife a man and woman who are married ~2 v formal to be very careful in the way you use your money, supplies etc and not waste any (carefully husbanded resources) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. husbonda "male head of a household," probably from O.N. husbondi "master of the house," from hus "house" + bondi "householder, dweller, freeholder, peasant," from buandi, prp. of bua "to dwell" The sense of "peasant farmer" is preserved in husbandry. In M.E., replaced O.E. wer as companion of wif, a sad loss for Eng. poetry. The verb "manage thriftily" is 1440, from the noun in the obsolete sense of "steward." Slang shortening hubby first attested 1798. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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