Meaning

8 senses
  1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

    You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.

    a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

  2. (UK)A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.

  3. (dated)The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

  4. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

  5. The male of a pair of animals.

    Ehemann, Mann, Gemahl

    мужmuž, супру́гsuprúg

    чолові́кčolovík, мужmuž

  6. A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.

    While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.

  7. (UK, dialectal)A polled tree; a pollard.

  8. (archaic)A prudent or frugal manager.

Examples

2070 sentences
  1. He will be a good husband.

    Він буде добрим чоловіком.

    ruОн будет хорошим мужем.

    deEr wird ein guter Ehemann sein.

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  2. Her husband is an excellent cook.

    Її чоловік чудовий повар.

    ruЕё муж превосходный повар.

    deIhr Mann ist ein hervorragender Koch.

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  3. She visited her husband in prison.

    Вона відвідала свого чоловіка в тюрмі.

    ruОна навестила мужа в тюрьме.

    deSie besuchte ihren Mann im Gefängnis.

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  4. How did your first husband die?

    Як помер твій перший чоловік?

    ruКак умер ваш первый муж?

    deWie ist Ihr erster Mann gestorben?

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  5. I thought Tom was your husband.

    Я думав, що Том твій чоловік.

    ruЯ думал, Том - твой муж.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
male partner in marriage:
Русский
By meaning 1
male partner in marriage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
male partner in marriage:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calqu

Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.

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Forms

plural: husbands
Singularhusband
Pluralhusbands

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

34 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • ex husband
  • a good husband
  • is your husband
  • husband and wife
  • kisses her husband
  • good husband
  • her husband anymore
  • killed her husband
  • my husband is
  • left her husband
  • good husband and
  • leave her husband

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
husband — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto