[ˈhʌzb(ə)nd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a married man considered in relation to his spouse
(e.g: she and her husband are both retired)


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Origin:
Old English husbonda (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’

[ˈhʌzb(ə)nd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- use (resources) economically
(e.g: she husbanded their financial resources through difficult times)


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Origin:
Old English husbonda (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’